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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• 40{i}And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.{/i} (Ex. 12:40)

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Gen. 17:8• 8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God. (Gen. 17:8)
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Ex. 1:1‑2:25• 1And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt: with Jacob came they, the man and his household,
 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
 4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
 5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt [already].
 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 filled with them.
 8And there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
 9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more numerous and stronger than we.
 10Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side also with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.
 11And they set over them task-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses .
 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 rigor;
 14and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service with which they made them serve [was] with rigor.
 15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;
 16and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the birth-stool, if 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 commanded 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 women; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife cometh 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.
 22And 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 paper reeds, and cemented it with bitumen and 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 walked along by the river side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her hand-maid to fetch 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 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 [say] to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And 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 today?
 19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew 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 stay 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 these 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 took notice. (Ex. 1:1‑2:25)
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Ex. 5:1‑23• 1{i}And 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.{/i}
 2{i}And Pharaoh said{/i}, Who is Jehovah, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.
 3And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
 4{i}And 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!{/i}
 5{i}And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.{/i}
 6{i}And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,{/i}
 7{i}Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.{/i}
 8{i}And 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.{/i}
 9{i}Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.{/i}
 10{i}And 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:{/i}
 11{i}go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.{/i}
 12{i}And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.{/i}
 13{i}And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.{/i}
 14{i}And 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 today, as heretofore?{/i}
 15{i}Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?{/i}
 16{i}There 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.{/i}
 17{i}And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.{/i}
 18{i}And now go—work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.{/i}
 19{i}And 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.{/i}
 20{i}And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood there to meet them, as they came out from Pharaoh.{/i}
 21{i}And 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!{/i}
 22{i}And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? why now hast thou sent me?{/i}
 23{i}For 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!{/i} (Ex. 5:1‑23)
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Ex. 22:21• 21{i}Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.{/i} (Ex. 22:21)
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Ex. 23:9• 9{i}And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.{/i} (Ex. 23:9)
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Lev. 19:34• 34The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be to you as the homeborn among 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• 19{i}And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.{/i} (Deut. 10:19)
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Psa. 105:11• 11Saying, To thee will I give the land of Canaan,{HR}Lot (line) of your inheritance, (Psa. 105:11)
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Psa. 105:12,23‑25• 12When they were even to be numbered as a few,{HR}And sojourners in it;
 23And Israel came [into] Egypt,{HR}And Jacob sojourned in Ham's land.
 24And he fructified his people greatly,{HR}And made them stronger than their enemies.
 25He turned their heart, to hate his people,{HR}To deal craftily with his servants. (Psa. 105:12,23‑25)
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Acts 7:6‑7• 6God thus spoke, that his seed should be a sojourner in a land not theirs, and that they should enslave and ill-treat them, four hundred years.
 7And the nation, to whom they shall be in slavery, will I judge, said God; and after these things shall they come out and serve me in this place. (Acts 7:6‑7)
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Heb. 11:8‑13• 8By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
 9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as not his own, dwelling as he did in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;
 10for he waited for the city that hath the foundations, of which God is architect and master-builder.
 11By faith also Sarah herself received power for deposition of seed even beyond season of age, since she counted faithful him that promised.
 12Wherefore also there were born from one, and that one become dead, even as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand that is by the sea-shore.
 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and greeted, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth. (Heb. 11:8‑13)
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Ex. 12:40‑41• 40{i}And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.{/i}
 41{i}And 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.{/i} (Ex. 12:40‑41)
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Gal. 3:17• 17Now this I say: the covenant ratified beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, doth not annul so as to make the promise void. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;