13 Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that (A)your [a]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, [b]where (B)they will be enslaved and oppressed for (C)four hundred years. 14 But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out (D)with [c]many possessions. 15 As for you, (E)you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. 16 Then in (F)the fourth generation they will return here, for (G)the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:13 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 15:13 Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them
  3. Genesis 15:14 Lit great

13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years(A) your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved(B) and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out(C) with great possessions.(D) 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors(E) in peace and be buried at a good old age.(F) 16 In the fourth generation(G) your descendants will come back here,(H) for the sin of the Amorites(I) has not yet reached its full measure.”

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13 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;

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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