⁶And God spake on this wise, That ^khis seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil ^lfour hundred years.

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kCited from Gen. 15:13, 14.
lver. 17. See Ex. 12:40.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And God spoke to this effect—that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.

NLTNew Living Translation

God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign land, where they would be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But God spoke like this: ‘His descendants will be foreigners in a foreign land, and they will enslave them and mistreat them four hundred years,