Acts 7:7

Acts 7:7

5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, ^aHe promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him.

6 But God spoke in this way: ^athat his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into ^bbondage and oppress them four hundred years.

7 ^a‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will ^bjudge,’ said God, ^c‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’

8 ^aThen He gave him the covenant of circumcision; ^band so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; ^cand Isaac begot Jacob, and ^dJacob begot the twelve patriarchs.

The Patriarchs in Egypt

9 ^a“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, ^bsold Joseph into Egypt. ^cBut God was with him

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Will I judge - , I will punish, for in this sense the Greek word is frequently taken. "When," says Bp. Pearce, "a malefactor is brought before a judge, the judge does three things:

1.he tries or judges him;

2.he then gives his judgment or sentence; and,

3.he puts the law in execution, and punishes him.

Hence , at different times, signifies each of these things; and the sense of the word is to be determined by the context. Here it signifies to punish, as is used for punishment, in Romans 13:2; I Corinthians 11:29, compared with I Corinthians 11:30, I Corinthians 11:31." The Egyptians, to whom the Israelites were in bondage, were punished by the ten plagues, described Exodus 7:19-12:30.

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