Acts 7:17
"but as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God made to Abraham, the people multiplied and increased in Egypt;
Acts 7:6
"What God said was this. "'His offspring will sojourn in a foreign land where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
Acts 13:17
"The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers and made this people great, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt. And with an uplifted arm he led them out of it.
2 Peter 3:8-9
Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord 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,
The people
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The people
Acts 13:17
"The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers and made this people great, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt. And with an uplifted arm he led them out of it.