Then the Lord said to Abram, “You should know these things: Your descendants will live in a country that is not their own. They will be strangers there. And the people there will make them slaves and do bad things to them for 400 years.
Exodus 12:40 - Easy To Read Version The people of Israel had lived in Egypt [75] for 430 years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the time the Israelites dwelt in Egypt was 430 years. [Gen. 15:13, 14.] American Standard Version (1901) Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. Common English Bible The length of time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the habitation of the sons of Israel, while they remained in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. |
Then the Lord said to Abram, “You should know these things: Your descendants will live in a country that is not their own. They will be strangers there. And the people there will make them slaves and do bad things to them for 400 years.
After four generations your people will come to this land again. At that time, your people will defeat the Amorite people. I will use your people to punish the Amorites living here. This will be in the future, because the Amorite people are not yet evil enough to punish.”
So now I am sending you to Pharaoh. Go! Lead my people, the people of Israel, out of Egypt!”
The God of Israel (the Jews) chose our ancestors. God helped his people to have success during the time they lived in Egypt as strangers. God brought them out of that country with great power.
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Abraham lived in that country that God promised to give him. Abraham lived there like a visitor who did not belong. Abraham did this because he had faith. Abraham lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. Isaac and Jacob also received that same promise from God.