Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.
John 8:33 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘We are descendants of Abraham,’ they answered him, ‘and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, “You will become free”? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They answered Him, We are Abraham's offspring (descendants) and have never been in bondage to anybody. What do You mean by saying, You will be set free? American Standard Version (1901) They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Common English Bible They responded, “We are Abraham’s children; we’ve never been anyone’s slaves. How can you say that we will be set free?” Catholic Public Domain Version They answered him: "We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been a slave to anyone. How can you say, 'You shall be set free?' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to any man: how sayest thou: you shall be free? |
Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘Know this for certain: your offspring will be resident foreigners for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.
Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings, giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
They are not to be sold as slaves, because they are my servants that I brought out of the land of Egypt.
And don’t presume to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.” For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father,” for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you.
‘Our father is Abraham,’ they replied. ‘If you were Abraham’s children,’ Jesus told them, ‘you would do what Abraham did.
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants. , On the contrary, your offspring will be traced through Isaac. ,
Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for the Israelites, the Lord was with him and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive. The Lord was moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, , and the Israelites served him for eight years.
Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, because Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he had harshly oppressed them for twenty years.