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Acts 7:6 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Acts 7:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Acts chapter 7 verse 6 to related passages throughout the 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.”
Acts 7:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Acts 7:6
God prophesied that Abraham's seed would be 'strangers in a land that is not theirs' for four hundred years. The prediction of affliction before inheritance shows God's plan includes suffering before glory. Divine foreknowledge of difficulty doesn't prevent but purposes through it.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Acts 7:6
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“Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.,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;,וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה׃ ,And He said unto Abram: Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs”
“Now the sojourning of the children of Israel”
“the law”
“for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.,But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.,וְדוֹר רְבִיעִי יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּה כִּי לֹא־שָׁלֵם עֲוֺן הָאֱמֹרִי עַד־הֵנָּה׃ ,And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”