Acts 7:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:13 : 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;
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
  • Exod 12:40-41 : 40 Now the children of Israel had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years. 41 And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the armies of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

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  • Acts 7:7-9
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    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,

  • Gen 15:13-14
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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;

    14But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.

  • Acts 7:17-19
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    17But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

    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.

  • 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 12:40-41
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    40Now the children of Israel had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.

    41And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the armies of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:3-5
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    3And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.

    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.

  • Gen 26:3-4
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    3Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

    4I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Deut 26:6
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    6And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:

  • 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.

  • 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 1:10
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    10Let 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.

  • Gen 17:7-9
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    7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

    8And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

    9And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

  • Exod 6:13
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    13And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron, with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

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

  • Deut 4:37
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    37And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    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.

  • Deut 6:21
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    21Then you will say to your son, We were servants under Pharaoh's yoke in Egypt; and the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand:

  • Gen 47:4
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    4And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 48:4
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    4And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

  • Ps 105:12
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    12When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;

  • 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.

  • Exod 6:8-10
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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.

    9And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

    10And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

  • Gen 15:16
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    16And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.

  • Exod 7:4
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    4But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

  • Acts 7:36
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    36This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

  • Exod 13:14
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    14And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:

  • Gen 47:27
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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.

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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 2:23
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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.

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    6O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.