Acts 7:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
  • Exod 12:40-41 : 40 And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt `is' four hundred and thirty years; 41 and it cometh to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years -- yea, it cometh to pass in this self-same day -- all the hosts of Jehovah have gone out from the land of Egypt.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 7:7-9
    3 verses
    86%

    7and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

    8`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac `begat' Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;

    9and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

  • Gen 15:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

    13and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

    14and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

  • Acts 7:17-19
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    78%

    17`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

    18till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

    19this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

  • Exod 6:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;

    5and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant.

  • Exod 12:40-41
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    76%

    40And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt `is' four hundred and thirty years;

    41and it cometh to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years -- yea, it cometh to pass in this self-same day -- all the hosts of Jehovah have gone out from the land of Egypt.

  • Acts 7:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

    4`Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

    5and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

  • Gen 26:3-4
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    74%

    3sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;

    4and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;

  • Gen 28:4
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    4and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'

  • Deut 26:6
    74%

    6and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;

  • Exod 32:13
    73%

    13`Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;'

  • Num 20:15
    73%

    15that our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers;

  • Exod 1:10
    72%

    10give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.'

  • Gen 17:7-9
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    72%

    7`And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;

    8and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

    9And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

  • Exod 6:13
    72%

    13And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and chargeth them for the sons of Israel, and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
    71%

    19When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.

  • Deut 4:37
    71%

    37`And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt:

  • Acts 7:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

    12and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

  • Deut 6:21
    71%

    21then thou hast said to thy son, Servants we have been to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Jehovah bringeth us out of Egypt by a high hand;

  • Gen 47:4
    71%

    4and they say unto Pharaoh, `To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous `is' the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'

  • Gen 48:4
    71%

    4and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

  • Ps 105:12
    71%

    12In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.

  • Josh 24:3
    71%

    3and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.

  • Exod 6:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8and I have brought you in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and have given it to you -- a possession; I `am' Jehovah.'

    9And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.

    10And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • Gen 44:7
    71%

    7and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

  • Gen 15:16
    71%

    16and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

  • Exod 7:4
    71%

    4and Pharaoh doth not hearken, and I have put My hand on Egypt, and have brought out My hosts, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments;

  • Acts 13:18
    71%

    18and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

  • Acts 7:36
    70%

    36this one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;

  • Ps 105:17
    70%

    17He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

  • Exod 13:14
    70%

    14`And it hath been, when thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What `is' this? that thou hast said unto him, By strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants;

  • Gen 47:27
    70%

    27And Israel dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly;

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8`When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place,

  • Exod 2:23
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    23And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;

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    6O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.