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Act 7:6 — And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

That		Gen 15:13,16
four		Exd 12:40,41; Gal 3:17

Correlating Passages

That

	Gen 15:13	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;
	Gen 15:16	But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

four

	Exd 12:40	Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.
	Exd 12:41	And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
	Gal 3:17	And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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Scott, Thomas. "Acts 7:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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