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Acts 7:6 (KJV)

And 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.

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Acts 7 — surrounding verses

1

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

2

And 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,

3

And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

4

Then 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.

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And 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.

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And 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.

7

And 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.

8

And 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.

9

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.