13 Then the Lord said to Abram,(A) “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners(B) in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed[a] 400 years.(C) 14 However, I will judge the nation they serve,(D) and afterward they will go out with many possessions.(E)

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  1. Genesis 15:13 Lit will serve them and they will oppress them

13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years(A) your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved(B) and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out(C) with great possessions.(D)

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12 He answered, “I will certainly be with you,(A) and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship[a] God at this mountain.”

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  1. Exodus 3:12 Or serve

12 And God said, “I will be with you.(A) And this will be the sign(B) to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you[a] will worship God on this mountain.(C)

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  1. Exodus 3:12 The Hebrew is plural.

40 The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt[a] was 430 years.(A)

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  1. Exodus 12:40 LXX, Sam add and in Canaan

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[a] was 430 years.(A)

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  1. Exodus 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan