Here is what I am saying: The Agreement originally made by God [with Abraham], with its attending promises, was not canceled when the Law of Moses was given some four hundred and thirty years later.
Acts 7:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And God had spoken about this [beforehand] by saying that Abraham’s descendants would live in a foreign country and that they would [eventually] be ill-treated as slaves for four hundred years. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And this is [in effect] what God told him: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a land belonging to other people, who would bring them into bondage and ill-treat them 400 years. American Standard Version (1901) And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years. Common English Bible God put it this way: “His descendants will be strangers in a land that belongs to others, who will enslave them and abuse them for four hundred years.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then God told him that his offspring would be a settler in a foreign land, and that they would subjugate them, and treat them badly, for four hundred years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage, and treat them evil four hundred years. |
Here is what I am saying: The Agreement originally made by God [with Abraham], with its attending promises, was not canceled when the Law of Moses was given some four hundred and thirty years later.