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Genesis 15

Gen. 15:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
, Know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
of a surety
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
that thy seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
shall be a stranger
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
in a land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
that is not theirs, and shall serve
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
them; and they shall afflict
`anah (Hebrew #6031)
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), speak (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI} through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
e them four
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
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Ex. 12:40• 40And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. (Ex. 12:40)

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Gen. 17:8• 8And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them. (Gen. 17:8)
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Ex. 1:1‑2:25• 1And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt; with Jacob had they come, each with his household:
 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
 4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
 5And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.
 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
 8And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
 9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.
 10Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.
 11And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.
 13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;
 14and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.
 15And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives--of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah--
 16and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see them on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.
 17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
 18And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?
 19And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.
 20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.
 21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
 22Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.
 1And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.
 2And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.
 3And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the sedge on the bank of the river.
 4And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him.
 5And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched it.
 6And she opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
 7And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a wet-nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
 8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel went and called the child's mother.
 9And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.
 10And when the child was grown, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
 11And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
 12And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
 13And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour?
 14And he said, Who made thee ruler and judge over us? dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared, and said, Surely the matter is known.
 15And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by the well.
 16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.
 17And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.
 18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why are ye come so soon to day?
 19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water abundantly for us, and watered the flock.
 20And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why then have ye left the man behind? Call him, that he may eat bread.
 21And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
 22And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
 23And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;
 24and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
 25and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them. (Ex. 1:1‑2:25)
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Ex. 5:1‑23• 1And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.
 2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.
 3And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.
 4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, wish to have the people go off from their works? Away, to your burdens!
 5And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.
 6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
 7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
 8And the number of the bricks they have made heretofore shall ye lay upon them: ye shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
 9Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.
 10And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw:
 11go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.
 12And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
 13And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
 14And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?
 15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?
 16There is no straw given to thy bondmen, and they say to us, Make brick; and behold, thy bondmen are beaten, but it is the fault of thy people.
 17And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
 18And now go--work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.
 19And the officers of the children of Israel saw that it stood ill with them, because it was said, Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks, the daily work.
 20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood there to meet them, as they came out from Pharaoh.
 21And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us!
 22And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? why now hast thou sent me?
 23For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all! (Ex. 5:1‑23)
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Ex. 22:21• 21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 22:21)
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Ex. 23:9• 9And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Ex. 23:9)
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Lev. 19:34• 34As one born among you shall the stranger who sojourneth with you be unto you; and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:34)
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Deut. 10:19• 19And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deut. 10:19)
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Psa. 105:11• 11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; (Psa. 105:11)
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Psa. 105:12,23‑25• 12When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.
 23And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
 24And he made his people exceeding fruitful, and made them mightier than their oppressors.
 25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. (Psa. 105:12,23‑25)
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Acts 7:6‑7• 6And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat them four hundred years;
 7and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will *I* judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place. (Acts 7:6‑7)
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Heb. 11:8‑13• 8By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.
 9By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
 10for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.
 11By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.
 12Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.
 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth. (Heb. 11:8‑13)
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Ex. 12:40‑41• 40And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
 41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that same day it came to pass that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt. (Ex. 12:40‑41)
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Gal. 3:17• 17Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect. (Gal. 3:17)
• This is, as to present fulfillment, connected with the suffering of the people in Egypt, and their subsequent deliverance, when the oppressors of the people and the usurpers of the inheritance would both be judged. (“Genesis 15” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land that is not theirs, and they shall servea them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "be in bondage to." so always of men.