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Acts 7:2-6 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verses 2–6 · King James Version
2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. 4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. 6And 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.Acts 7:2-6 · King James Version
Acts 7:2-6 in context
1Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6And 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.
7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Key words (Strong's)
- MesopotamiamesopotamiaMesopotamia = " between two rivers" , the entire country between the two rivers…G3318 →
- inheritanceklēronomiaan inheritance, property received by inheritance, what is given to one as a possession…G2817 →
- ChaldaeanschaldaiosChaldean = " as clod breakers" , a ChaldeanG5466 →
- possessionkataschesisa holding back, hindering, a holding fast, possessionG2697 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- appearedoptanomaito look at, behold, to allow one's self to be seen, to appearG3700 →
- promisedepangellomaito announce that one is about to do or furnish something, to promise to engage…G1861 →
- fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
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