6 And God spoke to this effect—that shis offspring would tbe sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them ufour hundred years.
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Genesis 15:13–14
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
Exodus 2:22
She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
Acts 7:17
“But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt
Exodus 12:40
The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.
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