 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; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall...  Letters to the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely - Page 310by James Wilson - 1814 - 325 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Paine - Rationalism - 1832 - 400 pages
...hundred years of bondage and affliction. Genesis, chap. xv. ver. 13, "Jlnd God said unto Jlbraham, know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger...them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years." This promise then to Abraham, and his seed for ever, to inherit the land of Canaan, had it been a fact... | |
 | Moses Maimonides, Hermann Hedwig Bernard - Jewish ethics - 1832 - 416 pages
...a whoring and who did worship idols, had it been his wish not to worship 6 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 SERFE THEM ; AND THEY SHALL AFFLICT THEM four hundred years. 7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold,... | |
 | George Pretyman - Bible - 1832 - 406 pages
...Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness (</)." — "And God said unto Abraham in a dream, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them 400 (A) years ; and also that nation, whom... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 pages
...this state: an horror of great darkness waa said to fall on Abraham; and then said God, " Know thou ր 0 ȷ tix.-ir.-, and shall serve them, and they shall be afflicted four hundred years," Gen. 15:13, 13. As... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him : and " be" (" the Lord") laid unto Ahram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in Bb [AM 2298. am 3 Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. And he said, 1 God, the God of thy father :... | |
 | Sarah Hall - American essays - 1833 - 232 pages
...the agents alone appeared in a series of events most unlikely to happen. To Abram it was said — " Know, of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger...that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they 3 come out with great substance." When the time arrived for the commencement of... | |
 | 1833 - 578 pages
...years afterwards, when, in a visiou narrated in the loth chapter, God further deigns to tell him, " Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation,... | |
 | John D. Paxton - History - 1833 - 228 pages
...expressing duration, are used in this sense. God said to Abraham, " Thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years." Stephen referring to the same case says, " They should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil... | |
 | Michael Pedrin - Religion - 2005 - 362 pages
...Abraham's children for four hundred years into captivity, at Egypt. It is written: And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. (Genesis 15:13) It was after this long captivity that God commanded Moses to write down all the events... | |
 | J. C. Alexander - Religion - 2005 - 390 pages
...sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon 67 him. 13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger...them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with... | |
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