Acts 7:17

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But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

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  • Acts 7:6 : 6 And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.
  • 2 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
  • Gen 15:13-16 : 13 And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years; 14 But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth. 15 As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place. 16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
  • Exod 1:7-9 : 7 And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them. 8 Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are: 10 Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land. 11 So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
  • Exod 1:20 : 20 And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.
  • Ps 105:24-25 : 24 And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them. 25 Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.

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  • Acts 7:18-19
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    18Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

    19He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

  • Acts 7:4-13
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    4Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:

    5And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

    6And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

    7And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

    8And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

    9And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

    10And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

    11Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

    12But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

    13And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

  • Exod 1:7-9
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    7And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

    8Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

    9And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

  • Gen 47:27-28
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    27And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

    28And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

  • Acts 7:15-16
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    15And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

    16And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

  • Exod 2:23-24
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    23Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

    24And at the sound of their weeping the agreement which God had made with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob came to his mind.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.

  • Exod 1:5
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    5All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

  • Num 20:15
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    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • Exod 1:12
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    12But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

  • Exod 6:4-5
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    4And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.

    5And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement.

  • Exod 12:40
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    40Now the children of Israel had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.

  • Exod 13:19
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    19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly keep you in mind; and you are to take my bones away with you.

  • Acts 13:17
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    17The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

  • Gen 17:2
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    2And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

  • Deut 7:8
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    8But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
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    19When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;

  • Exod 3:17
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    17And I have said, I will take you up out of the sorrows of Egypt into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, into a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Josh 24:3
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    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

  • Acts 7:39
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    39By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

  • Acts 7:2
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    2And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

  • Gen 41:29
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    29Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.

  • Exod 7:5
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    5And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when my hand is stretched out over Egypt, and I take the children of Israel out from among them.

  • Exod 1:20
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    20And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7
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    7And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,

  • Gen 46:6
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    6And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

  • Gen 15:13
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    13And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

  • Gen 47:7
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    7Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

  • Exod 6:8
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    8And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.