...descendants, after they had endured the temporary Egyptian servitude. " And the Lord said unto Abram, Know of " a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger " in the land that is not theirs, and shall " serve them; and they shall afflict them four " hundred years....

...lie, that he would give Canaan for a possession to the seed of Abraham. " And he said unto Abrara, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...whom they shall serve, will I judge : and afterward shall they come out with great substance." And this was, at the very time, ratified by a solemn covenant....

...of the LORD said unto 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a | her, Return to thy mistress, and submit surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land...them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years ; 14 Ana also that nation whom they shall thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said...

...land which is not theirs, and " shall serve them, they shall afflict them for four hundred years. 11 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: "and after that they shall come out with great substance."f At the close of the appointed period, Moses...

...not. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger...whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon...

...separated the people, to whom it was made, from the rest of the world. " And the Lord said unto Abraham, Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger...that nation whom they shall serve will I judge ; and d Gen. xxi. 1, 2. ' Gen. xiii. 14, 15. afterwards shall they come out with great substance. And thou...

...providence and the presence of the Lord, where he had promised it. To Abraham it had been foretold ; " Thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is "not...and they ' ' shall afflict them four hundred years ; " but in the fourth generation they shall come " hither again k." How little does it look like the...

...God its purport. This is evidently implied in the following words : — " And he said unto Abraham, know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years ; and also that nation...

...God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? " The sacrifice ensues. " And he said unto Abram, nd completes the history of the thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age." Abram's only present...

...blessed with him, yea, of all nations, and all the families of the earth. ' The Lord said to Abraham, " Thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not...and they shall afflict them four hundred years : and that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge ; and afterwards shall they (to wit, God's seed) come...