Acts 7:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 7:6

4 Then ^ahe came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was ^bdead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.

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

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Interlinear Bible for Acts 7:6:

And
de (#1161) God
theos (#2316) spake
laleo (#2980) on this wise,
oute (#3779) That
hoti (#3754) his
autos (#846) seed
sperma (#4690) should
esomai (#2071) sojourn
paroikos (#3941) in
en (#1722) a strange
allotrios (#245) land;
ge (#1093) and
kai (#2532) that they should bring them into bondage,
douloo (#1402) and
kai (#2532) entreat them evil
kakoo (#2559) four hundred
tetrakischilioi (#5071) years.
etos (#2094)

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