Acts 7:17
But as the time of the promise drew near, which God solemnly made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts 7:6
And God spoke in this manner: "That his posterity should sojourn in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and illtreat them four hundred years;
Acts 13:17
The God of this people chose our fathers, and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it;
2 Peter 3:8-9
But forget not, beloved, this one thing, 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,
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Acts 13:17
The God of this people chose our fathers, and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it;