Acts 7:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God spoke in this way, that his descendants would dwell in a strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them poorly for four hundred years.

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 And He said to Abram, Know certainly that your offspring shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
  • Exod 12:40-41 : 40 Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on the very same day, it came to pass that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

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  • Acts 7:7-9
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    7And the nation to whom they will be in bondage, I will judge, said God; and after that they shall come out, and serve me in this place.

    8And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,

  • Gen 15:13-14
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    13And He said to Abram, Know certainly that your offspring shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

    14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.

  • Acts 7:17-19
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    17But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

    18Until another king arose who did not know Joseph.

    19This king dealt shrewdly with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their infants so that they might not live.

  • Exod 6:4-5
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    4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, where they were strangers.

    5And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

  • Exod 12:40-41
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    40Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

    41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on the very same day, it came to pass that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:3-5
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    3And said to him, Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I will show you.

    4Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans, and lived in Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he moved him into this land, where you now dwell.

    5And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • Gen 26:3-4
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    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;

    4And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.

  • Deut 26:6
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    6And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

  • Exod 1:10
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    10Come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it happen, that when any war breaks out, they join also with our enemies, and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.

  • Gen 17:7-9
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    7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

    8And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

    9And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • Exod 6:13
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    13And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
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    19When you were few in number, even very few, and strangers in it.

  • Deut 4:37
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    37And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

  • Acts 7:11-12
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    11Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.

    12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

  • Deut 6:21
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    21Then you shall say to your son, We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

  • Gen 47:4
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    4They said moreover to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 48:4
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    4And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.

  • Ps 105:12
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    12When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.

  • Josh 24:3
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    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

  • Exod 6:8-10
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    8And I will bring you into the land, about which I swore to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am the LORD.

    9And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they did not listen to Moses because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

    10And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

  • Gen 15:16
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    16But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

  • Exod 7:4
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    4But Pharaoh shall not listen to you, so that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18And for about forty years he cared for them in the wilderness.

  • Acts 7:36
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    36He brought them out, after he showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

  • Exod 13:14
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    14And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

  • Gen 47:27
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    27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8When Jacob came into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

  • Exod 2:23
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    23Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

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