Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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;
Thy
Bible References
Thy
Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger [moving from place to place], all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession [of property]; and I will be their God.”
Exodus 22:21
“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:9
“You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the soul [the feelings, thoughts, and concerns] of a stranger, for you were strangers in Egypt.
Leviticus 19:34
But the stranger who resides with you shall be to you like someone native-born among you; and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 10:19
Therefore, show your love for the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Psalm 105:11
Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the measured portion of your inheritance.”
Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the measured portion of your inheritance.”
Acts 7:6
And this is, in effect, what God spoke [to him]: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called [by God], obeyed by going to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went, not knowing where he was going.
Four
Exodus 12:40
Now the period of time the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
Galatians 3:17
This is what I mean: the Law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later [after the covenant concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot invalidate the covenant previously established by God, so as to abolish the promise.