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Acts 7:6-7 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verses 6–7 · King James Version
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.Acts 7:6-7 · King James Version
Acts 7:6-7 in context
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.
9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Key words (Strong's)
- sojournparoikosdwelling near, neighbouring, in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place…G3941 →
- strangeallotriosbelonging to another, foreign, strange, not of one s own family, alien, an enemyG245 →
- hundredtetrakosioifour hundredG5071 →
- bondagedouleuōto be a slave, serve, do service, of a nation in subjection to other nations, metaph. to…G1398 →
- nationethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- spakelaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- bringdouloōto make a slave of, reduce to bondage, metaph. give myself wholly to one s needs and…G1402 →
- judgekrinōto separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose, to approve, esteem, to prefer, to…G2919 →
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