Acts 7:6
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And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage and treat them evil four hundred years.

That.

Genesis 15:13,16 And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years. . . .

four.

Exodus 12:40,41 And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. . . .

Galatians 3:17 Now this I say: that the testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four hundred and thirty years doth not disannul, to make the promise of no effect.

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
5And he gave him no inheritance in it: no, not the pace of a foot. But he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. 6And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage and treat them evil four hundred years. 7And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord): and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place.…
Cross References
Genesis 15:13
And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

Exodus 3:10
But come, and I will send thee to Pharao, that thou mayst bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

Exodus 12:40
And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Galatians 3:17
Now this I say: that the testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four hundred and thirty years doth not disannul, to make the promise of no effect.

Lexicon
God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

told [him]
ἐλάλησεν (elalēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

descendants
σπέρμα (sperma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4690: From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant.

would be
ἔσται (estai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

foreigners
πάροικον (paroikon)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3941: Foreign, alien, subst: a foreigner, sojourner. From para and oikos; having a home near, i.e. a by-dweller.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

a strange
ἀλλοτρίᾳ (allotria)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 245: From allos; another's, i.e. Not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile.

land,
γῇ (gē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they would be enslaved
δουλώσουσιν (doulōsousin)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1402: To enslave. From doulos; to enslave.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

mistreated
κακώσουσιν (kakōsousin)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2559: To treat badly, afflict, embitter, make angry. From kakos; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate.

four hundred
τετρακόσια (tetrakosia)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 5071: Four hundred. Plural from tessares and hekaton; four hundred.

years.
ἔτη (etē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.


Additional Translations
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

But God spoke thus, that his seed will be a sojourner in a strange land, and they will enslave it, and will mistreat it four hundred years.

And God spoke 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.

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

And 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;

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.

And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill four hundred years.

And God declared that Abraham's posterity should for four hundred years make their home in a country not their own, and be reduced to slavery and be oppressed.

God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

'And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,
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