Acts 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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Acts 7:6

And God spake on this wise, that his seede should soiourne in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and intreate them euill foure hundreth yeeres.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.
- Basic English Bible

God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;
- Darby Bible

And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage, and treat them evil four hundred years.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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.
- English Revised Version

God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Acts 7:6

Wesley's Notes for Acts 7:6


7:6 #Gen 15:13|.



People's Bible Notes for Acts 7:6


Ac 7:6 His seed should sojourn in a strange land. In Egypt. See Ge 15:13,16. Four hundred years. In round numbers, counting from the time "the seed", Isaac, should be born to the Exodus. It is stated in Ex 12:40 that the sojourning of the children of Israel was 430 years. This includes the period from the call of Abraham to the Exodus. See Ga 3:16,17. But Isaac was born about thirty years after the call of Abraham, which leaves Stephen's period of 400 years.

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