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;

Bible References

Thy

Genesis 17:8
I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."
Exodus 22:21
"You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:9
"You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:34
The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 10:19
So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Psalm 105:11
saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."
Acts 7:6
But God spoke as follows: 'Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

Four

Exodus 12:40
Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.
Galatians 3:17
What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

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