He said to Avram, *Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
John 8:33 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They answered him, *We are Avraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made 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? |
He said to Avram, *Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Paras, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins of it, and to give us a wall in Yehudah and in Yerushalayim.
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Avraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Avraham from these stones.
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Avraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Avraham from these stones!
But there were standing by the cross of Yeshua his mother, and his mother's sister, Miriam the wife of Klofah, and Miriam from Magdala.
I know that you are Avraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
They answered him, *Our father is Avraham.* Yeshua said to them, *If you were Avraham's children, you would do the works of Avraham.
Neither, because they are Avraham's seed, are they all children. But, *In Yitzchak will your seed be called.*
When the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved the LORD because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and vexed them.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Yisra'el, and he sold them into the hand of Kushan-Rish`atayim king of Aram-Naharayim: and the children of Yisra'el served Kushan-Rish`atayim eight years.
The children of Yisra'el cried to the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Yisra'el.