Genesis 15:13

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

Four

Exodus 12:40

Galatians 3:17

Bible References

Thy

And I will give to you and to your offspring after you {the land in which you are living as an alien}, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting property. And I will be to them as God."

" 'You will not mistreat an alien, and you will not oppress him, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelings of the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

The alien who is dwelling with you shall be like a native among you, and you shall love him like yourself, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I [am] Yahweh your God.

And you shall love the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan [as] the allotment [that is] your inheritance."

But God spoke like this: 'His descendants will be foreigners in a foreign land, and they will enslave them and mistreat [them] four hundred years,

By faith Abraham, [when he] was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Four

And the period of dwelling of the {Israelites} that they dwelled in Egypt [was] four hundred and thirty years.

Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.