Genesis 12:10
The Promised Blessing Jeopardized
12:10 There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 15:13
15:13 Then the
Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain
that your descendants will be strangers
in a foreign country.
They will be enslaved and oppressed
for four hundred years.
Deuteronomy 26:5
26:5 Then you must affirm before the
Lord your God, “A wandering
Aramean
was my ancestor,
and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number,
but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.
Psalms 105:23
105:23 Israel moved to Egypt;
Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.
Isaiah 52:4
52:4 For this is what the sovereign Lord says:
“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;
Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.
Acts 7:6
7:6 But God spoke as follows: ‘Your
descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.