Acts 7:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “And Elohim spoke in this way: that his seed would be sojourning in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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

⁶ 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)

⁶ 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

⁶ 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

⁶ 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.

Acts 7:6 Cross References

Genesis 15:13

And He said to Aḇ

Genesis 15:16

“Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Exodus 3:10

“And now, come, I am sending you to Pharaoh, to bring My people, the children of Yisra’ĕ

Galatians 3:17

Now this I say, Torah, that came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously confirmed by Elohim in Messiah, so as to do away with the promise.