Acts 7:17

But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 7:6

And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat them four hundred years;

Acts 13:17

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,

Genesis 15:13-16

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.

Exodus 1:7-12

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

Exodus 1:20

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

Psalm 105:24-25

And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.

2 Peter 3:8-9

But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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The people

Acts 13:17
The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,
Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
Psalm 105:24
And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.