Genesis 15:13 “Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants w…”

Genesis 15:13

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

World English Bible

He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

American Standard Version

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Geneva Bible 1599

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: and they shall intreate them euill.

Darby Translation

And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

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;

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Cross references

“thy”

Exodus 1:1–2 Leviticus 19:34 Genesis 17:8 Exodus 23:9 Exodus 5:1–23 Exodus 22:21

Exodus 1:1–2 · BSB

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

Leviticus 19:34 · BSB

You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Genesis 17:8 · BSB

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Exodus 23:9 · BSB

Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 5:1–23 · BSB

After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

Exodus 22:21 · BSB

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

“four”

Galatians 3:17 Exodus 12:40 Exodus 12:41

Galatians 3:17 · BSB

What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Exodus 12:40 · BSB

Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

Exodus 12:41 · BSB

At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

Also

Exodus 1:11 Acts 7:17

Exodus 1:11 · BSB

So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Acts 7:17 · BSB

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

Read Genesis 15