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Genesis 15:13

NETBible	Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain¹ that your descendants will be strangers² in a foreign country.³ They will be enslaved and oppressed⁴ for four hundred years.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 15:13	Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and ill-treated four hundred years.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 15:13	God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 15:13	Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be oppressed as slaves for four hundred years.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 15:13	GOD said to Abram, "Know this: your descendants will live as outsiders in a land not theirs; they'll be enslaved and beaten down for 400 years.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 15:13	And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 15:13	Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs, and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years;
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 15:13	Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
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KJV	And he said <0559> (8799) unto Abram <087>_, Know <03045> (8799) of a surety <03045> (8800) that thy seed <02233> shall be a stranger <01616> in a land <0776> [that is] not theirs, and shall serve <05647> (8804) them; and they shall afflict <06031> (8765) them four <0702> hundred <03967> years <08141>_;
NASB © biblegateway Gen 15:13	God said <0559> to Abram <087> , "Know <03045> for certain <03045> that your descendants <02233> will be strangers <01616> in a land <0776> that is not theirs <01992> , where they will be enslaved <05647> and oppressed <06031> four <0702> hundred <03967> years <08141> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ erreyh {V-API-3S} prov <4314> PREP abram {N-PRI} ginwskwn <1097> V-PAPNS gnwsh <1097> V-FMI-2S oti <3754> CONJ paroikon <3941> A-NSN estai <1510> V-FMI-3S to <3588> T-NSN sperma <4690> N-NSN sou <4771> P-GS en <1722> PREP gh <1065> N-DSF ouk <3364> ADV idia <2398> A-DSF kai <2532> CONJ doulwsousin <1402> V-FAI-3P autouv <846> D-APM kai <2532> CONJ kakwsousin <2559> V-FAI-3P autouv <846> D-APM kai <2532> CONJ tapeinwsousin <5013> V-FAI-3P autouv <846> D-APM tetrakosia <5071> A-APN eth <2094> N-APN
NET [draft] ITL	Then the Lord said <0559> to Abram <087> , “Know <03045> for <03588> certain <03045> that your descendants <02233> will be <01961> strangers in a foreign <01616> country <0776> . They will be enslaved <05647> <03808> and oppressed <06031> for four <0702> hundred <03967> years <08141> .
HEBREW	hns <08141> twam <03967> ebra <0702> Mta <0853> wnew <06031> Mwdbew <05647> Mhl <0> al <03808> Urab <0776> Kerz <02233> hyhy <01961> rg <01616> yk <03588> edt <03045> edy <03045> Mrbal <087> rmayw (15:13) <0559>

NETBible

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain¹ that your descendants will be strangers² in a foreign country.³ They will be enslaved and oppressed⁴ for four hundred years.

NET Notes

¹tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic, with the Qal infinitive absolute followed by the imperfect from יָדַע (yada’, “know”). The imperfect here has an obligatory or imperatival force.

²tn The Hebrew word גֵּר (ger, “sojourner, stranger”) is related to the verb גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to stay for awhile”). Abram’s descendants will stay in a land as resident aliens without rights of citizenship.

³tn Heb “in a land not theirs.”

⁴tn Heb “and they will serve them and they will oppress them.” The verb עִנּוּ, (’innu, a Piel form from עָנָה, ’anah, “to afflict, to oppress, to treat harshly”), is used in Exod 1:11 to describe the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt.