⁵ God did not give Abraham ·any of this land [^Lan inheritance in it], not even a ·foot of it [^La foot’s length]. But God promised that he would give this land to him [^Las a possession] and his ·descendants [^Lseed; Gen. 12:2], even before Abraham had a child. ⁶ This is what God said to him: ‘Your ·descendants [^Lseed] will be ·strangers [foreigners; resident aliens] in a ·land they don’t own [foreign land; land belonging to others; ^CEgypt]. The people there will make them slaves and will ·mistreat [oppress] them for four hundred years. ⁷ But I will ·punish [judge] the nation where they are slaves. Then ·your descendants [^Lthey] will leave that land and will worship me in this place [Gen. 15:13–14; Ex. 3:12].’