Acts 7:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

God veryly spake on this wyse, that his seede shoulde soiourne in a straunge lande, and that they shoulde kepe it in bondage, and entreate them euyl foure hundreth yeres.

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 And he sayde vnto Abram: Knowe this of a suertie, that thy seede shalbe a straunger in a lande that is not theirs, and shall serue them, and they shall entreate them euyll foure hundreth yeres.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Exod 12:40-41 : 40 The dwellyng of the chyldren of Israel which they dwelled in Egypt, was foure hundred and thirtie yeres. 41 And when the foure hundred & thirtie yeres were expired, euen the selfe same day departed al the hoastes of the Lord out of the lande of Egypt.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 This I say, that the lawe which began afterwarde, beyonde foure hundred and thirtie yeres, doth not disanull the testament that was confirmed afore of God, vnto Christe warde, to make the promise of none effect.

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  • Acts 7:7-9
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    7And the nation to whom they shalbe in bondage, wyll I iudge, sayde God: And after that, shall they come foorth, & serue me in this place.

    8And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision: And he begate Isaac, and circumcised hym the eyght day, and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate the twelue patriarkes.

    9And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym,

  • Gen 15:13-14
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    13And he sayde vnto Abram: Knowe this of a suertie, that thy seede shalbe a straunger in a lande that is not theirs, and shall serue them, and they shall entreate them euyll foure hundreth yeres.

    14But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substaunce.

  • Acts 7:17-19
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    17But when the tyme of the promyse drewe nye, whiche God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt:

    18Tyll another king arose, which knew not of Ioseph.

    19The same dealt subtilly with our kinrede, and euyll intreated our fathers, & made them caste out their young chyldren, that they shoulde not remayne alyue.

  • Exod 6:4-5
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    4Moreouer I made a couenaunt with them, to geue them the lande of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were straungers.

    5And therefore I haue also heard the groning of the childre of Israel, whom the Egyptians kepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenaunt.

  • Exod 12:40-41
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    40The dwellyng of the chyldren of Israel which they dwelled in Egypt, was foure hundred and thirtie yeres.

    41And when the foure hundred & thirtie yeres were expired, euen the selfe same day departed al the hoastes of the Lord out of the lande of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:3-5
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    3And sayde vnto him: Get thee out of thy countrey, & fro thy kinrede, & come into the lande which I shall shew thee.

    4Then came he out of the lande of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, whe his father was dead, he brought hym into this lande wherin ye nowe dwell.

    5And he gaue hym none inheritaunce in it, no not the breadth of a foote: and promised that he woulde geue it to hym to possesse, and to his seede after hym, when as yet he had no chylde.

  • Gen 26:3-4
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    3Soiourne in this lande, and I wyl be with thee, and wyll blesse thee: for vnto thee and vnto thy seede I wyll geue all these countreys, and I wyll perfourme the othe whiche I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

    4And wyl make thy seede to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wyll geue vnto thy seede al these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • Deut 26:6
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    6And the Egyptians vexed vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with most cruel bondage.

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Isahac, and Israel thy seruauntes, to whom thou swarest by thy owne selfe, and saydest vnto them: I wyll multiplie your seede as the starres of heauen, and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I geue vnto your seede, and they shall inherite it for euer.

  • Num 20:15
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    15Our fathers went downe into Egypt, & we haue dwelt in Egypt a long tyme: and the Egyptians vexed vs and our fathers.

  • Exod 1:10
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    10Come on, let vs deale wyttyly with the, lest they multiplie, & lest it come to passe, that if there be any warre, they ioyne them selues vnto our enemies, & fight agaynst vs, & so get them vp out of ye land.

  • Gen 17:7-9
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    7Moreouer I wyll make my couenaunt betweene me and thee, & thy seede after thee, in their generations, by an euerlasting couenaut, yt I may be God vnto thee, and to thy seede after thee.

    8And I wyll geue vnto thee and to thy seede after thee, the lande wherein thou art a strauger euen al the lande of Chanaan, for an euerlastyng possession, and wyll be their God.

    9And God said agayne vnto Abraham: thou shalt kepe my couenaunt therfore, both thou & thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Exod 6:13
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    13And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and vnto Aaron, & gaue them a charge concerning the chyldren of Israel, and concerning Pharao king of Egypt, that they shoulde bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
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    19When they were a fewe men in number, and had ben straungers but a litle while in it:

  • Deut 4:37
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    37And because he loued thy fathers, he chose their seede after them, & brought thee out in his sight with his mightie power out of Egypt,

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    11But there came a dearth ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan: and great affliction, that our fathers founde no sustenaunce.

    12But when Iacob hearde that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.

  • Deut 6:21
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    21Then thou shalt say vnto thy sonne: We were Pharaos bondmen in Egypt, and the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hande:

  • Gen 47:4
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    4They said moreouer vnto Pharao, for to soiourne in the land are we come, for thy seruaunts haue no pasture for their cattell, so sore is the famishment in the lande of Chanaan: Nowe therefore let thy seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosen.

  • Gen 48:4
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    4Beholde, I wyll make thee fruiteful, and cause thee to multiplie, and wyll make a great number of people of thee, and wyll geue this lande vnto thy seede after thee vnto an euerlastyng possession.

  • Ps 105:12
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    12When they were a fewe men in number, and had ben straungers but a litle whyle in it:

  • Josh 24:3
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    3And I toke your father Abraham from the other side of the fludde, and brought him throughout all the lande of Chanaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Isahac.

  • Exod 6:8-10
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    8And I will bryng you into the lande, concerning the whiche I did lift vp my hand to geue it vnto Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob, and wyll geue it vnto you for a possession: for I am Iehouah.

    9And Moyses tolde the children of Israel euen so: but they hearkened not vnto Moyses for anguishe of spirite and for cruell bondage.

    10And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

  • Gen 15:16
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    16But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full.

  • Exod 7:4
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    4But Pharao shall not hearken vnto you, that I may set my hande vpon Egypt, and bryng out myne armies, and my people the chyldren of Israel out of the land of Egypt in great iudgmentes.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18And about the tyme of fourtie yeres, suffred he their maners in the wyldernesse.

  • Acts 7:36
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    36He brought them out, shewyng wonders and signes in Egypt, & in the read sea, & in the wyldernesse fourtie yeres.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17But he had sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt.

  • Exod 13:14
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    14And when thy sonne aske thee in time to come, saying: what is this? Thou shalt saye vnto hym: With a myghtie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Gen 47:27
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    27And Israel dwelt in Egypt, euen in they countrey of Gosen, and they had their possessions therin, and grewe and multiplied exceedyngly.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8After yt Iacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cryed vnto the Lord, the Lord sent Moyses & Aaron, which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwel in this place.

  • Exod 2:23
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    23And in processe of tyme the kyng of Egypt dyed, and the chyldren of Israel syghed by the reason of bondage, and cryed.

  • Ps 105:6
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    6O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye his chosen chyldren of Iacob: