Acts 7:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

But God spake thus, that his seede should be a soiourner in a strange land: and that they should keepe it in bondage, and entreate it euill foure hundreth yeeres.

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: & they shall intreate them euill.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Exod 12:40-41 : 40 So the dwelling of the children of Israel, while they dwelled in Egypt, was foure hundreth and thirtie yeres. 41 And when the foure hundreth & thirtie yeeres were expired, euen the selfe same day departed all the hostes of the Lord out of the land of Egypt.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.

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  • Acts 7:7-9
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    86%

    7But the nation to whome they shall be in bondage, will I iudge, sayth God: and after that, they shall come forth and serue me in this place.

    8Hee gaue him also the couenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob the twelue Patriarkes.

    9And the Patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  • Gen 15:13-14
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    13Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: & they shall intreate them euill.

    14Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

  • Acts 7:17-19
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    17But when the time of the promes drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,

    18Till another King arose, which knewe not Ioseph.

    19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and euill entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their yong children, that they should not remaine aliue.

  • Exod 6:4-5
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    4Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers:

    5So I haue also hearde the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant.

  • Exod 12:40-41
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    40So the dwelling of the children of Israel, while they dwelled in Egypt, was foure hundreth and thirtie yeres.

    41And when the foure hundreth & thirtie yeeres were expired, euen the selfe same day departed all the hostes of the Lord out of the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:3-5
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    3And said vnto him, Come out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and come into the land, which I shall shewe thee.

    4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; after that his father was dead, God brought him from thence into this land, wherein ye now dwell,

    5And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.

  • Gen 26:3-4
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    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

    4Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

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

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Izhak, and Israel thy seruants, to whom thou swarest by thine owne selfe, and saydest vnto them, I wil multiply your seede, as the starres of the heauen, & all this land, that I haue spoken of, wil I giue vnto your seede, and they shal inherit it for euer.

  • Num 20:15
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    15How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.

  • Exod 1:10
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    10Come, let vs worke wisely with them, least they multiplie, and it come to passe, that if there be warre, they ioyne them selues also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and get them out of the land.

  • Gen 17:7-9
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    7Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.

    8And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.

    9Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Exod 6:13
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    13Then the Lord spake vnto Moses & vnto Aaron, & charged them to goe to the children of Israel & to Pharaoh King of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
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    19When ye were fewe in number, yea, a very fewe, and strangers therein,

  • Deut 4:37
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    37And because hee loued thy fathers, therefore hee chose their seede after them, and hath brought thee out of Egypt in his sight by his mightie power,

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    11Then came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.

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

  • Deut 6:21
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    21Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

  • Gen 47:4
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    4They sayde moreouer vnto Pharaoh, For to soiourne in ye lande are we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for their sheepe, so sore is ye famine in the lande of Canaan. Nowe therefore, we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 48:4
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    4And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.

  • Ps 105:12
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    12Albeit they were fewe in nomber, yea, very fewe, and strangers in the land,

  • Josh 24:3
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    3And I tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.

  • Exod 6:8-10
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    8And I will bring you into the land which I sware that I woulde giue to Abraham, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, and I will giue it vnto you for a possession: I am the Lord.

    9So Moses told the children of Israel thus: but they hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.

    10Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

  • Gen 15:16
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    16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.

  • Exod 7:4
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    4And Pharaoh shall not hearken vnto you, that I may lay mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out myne armies, euen my people, the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, by great iudgements.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18And about the time of fourtie yeeres, suffered he their maners in the wildernesse.

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    36Hee brought them out, doing wonders, and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wildernes fourtie yeeres.

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    17But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.

  • Exod 13:14
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    14And when thy sonne shall aske thee to morowe, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say vnto him, With a mightie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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    27And Israel dwelt in the lande of Egypt, in the countrey of Goshen: and they had their possessions therein, and grewe and multiplied exceedingly.

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    8After that Iaakob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried vnto the Lorde, then the Lorde sent Moses and Aaron which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

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    23Then in processe of time, the King of Egypt dyed, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage and cryed: and their crie for the bondage came vp vnto God.

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    6Ye seede of Abraham his seruant, ye children of Iaakob, which are his elect.