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
Bible References
Thy
Genesis 17:8
The whole land of Canaan, where you are now a guest (alien) (foreigner) (stranger), I will give a long lasting possession to you and your descendants after you. I will be their God.
Exodus 22:21
Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner. Remember that you were foreigners in Egypt.
Exodus 23:9
Do not mistreat a foreigner. You know how it feels to be a foreigner. After all you were foreigners in Egypt.
Leviticus 19:34
Foreigners living among you will be like your own people. Love them as you love yourself, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 10:19
Love those who are aliens. For you were also aliens in the land of Egypt.
Psalm 105:11
He said: I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance to you.
Acts 7:6
God spoke to this effect, that his seed would be alien residents in a strange land. They would enslave them, and mistreat them for four hundred years.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith, when Abraham was called, he obeyed. He went to a place that he was to receive for an inheritance. He went even though he did not know where he was going.
Four
Exodus 12:40
The Israelites had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.
Galatians 3:17
Now this I say: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.