Acts 7:6 Cross References: 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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God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13
Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own; they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Exodus 3:10
Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."

Exodus 12:40
Now the duration of the Israelites' stay in Egypt was 430 years.

Galatians 3:17
What I mean is this: The Law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to cancel the promise.

Chapter Outline

1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.

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That.

Genesis 15:13, 16
Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own; they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. . . .

four.

Exodus 12:40, 41
Now the duration of the Israelites' stay in Egypt was 430 years. . . .

Galatians 3:17
What I mean is this: The Law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to cancel the promise.

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