 | 1833 - 578 pages
...years afterwards, when, in a visiou narrated in the loth chapter, God further deigns to tell him, " 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,... | |
 | John D. Paxton - 1833 - 228 pages
...expressing duration, are used in this sense. God said to Abraham, " Thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years." Stephen referring to the same case says, " They should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 pages
...it shall stand, and he fulfilleth all his pleasure." What was the word of the Lord to Abrahan) 1 " ts a longing, lingering look behind," and sighs out...blessing, after his tongue is silent When Jacob speaks And also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge : and afterward shall they come out with great... | |
 | 1834 - 452 pages
...should live ungodly.' 9 Again, with regard to the retributive judgment of God, he said unto Abraham, ' Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. And also, that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge ; and afterwards shall they come out with... | |
 | Matthew Habershon - 1834 - 498 pages
...was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And He said unto Abram, Know of a surety, that thy...not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afterwards afflict them FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge;... | |
 | 1834 - 680 pages
...express the future generally, whether certain or uncertain, near or remote. ' And God said untoAbraham, ' Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years : and also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge, and afterward they shall come out with great... | |
 | Thomas Paine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 1834 - 408 pages
...four hundred years of bondage and affliction. Genesis, chap. xv. ver. 13, "And God said unto Abraham, know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger...serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred yean." This promise then to Abraham, and his seed for ever, to inherit the land of Canaan, had it been... | |
 | Henry Fynes Clinton - 1834 - 504 pages
...limits their stay in Egypt to the fourth generation, confirms the preceding account : And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...shall serve them ,• and they shall afflict them 400 years ; — but in the fourth generation they shall come hither again ; for the iniquity of the... | |
 | F. C. Gilbert - 2004 - 260 pages
...day completed the history revealed to Ahraham in prophetic vision centuries hefore: Thy seed shall he a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall...them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great... | |
 | Michael Pedrin - 2005 - 362 pages
...of Noah. God sent Abraham's children for four hundred years into captivity, at Egypt. It is written: And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy...them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. (Genesis 15:13) It was after this long captivity that God commanded Moses to write down all the events... | |
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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; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall... 
