13 Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that (A)your [a]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, [b]where (B)they will be enslaved and oppressed for (C)four hundred years. 14 But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out (D)with [c]many possessions. 15 As for you, (E)you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. 16 Then in (F)the fourth generation they will return here, for (G)the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

17 Now it came about, when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch appeared which (H)passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

(I)To your [d]descendants I have given this land,
From (J)the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 (K)the land of the Kenite, the Kenizzite, the Kadmonite, 20 the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”

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  1. Genesis 15:13 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 15:13 Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them
  3. Genesis 15:14 Lit great
  4. Genesis 15:18 Lit seed

(A)I will go down with you to Egypt, and (B)I will also assuredly bring you up again; and (C)Joseph will [a]close your eyes.”

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  1. Genesis 46:4 Lit put his hand on

24 Joseph said to his brothers, “(A)I am about to die, but God will assuredly [a]take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He [b]promised on oath to (B)Abraham, to (C)Isaac, and to (D)Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will assuredly [c]take care of you, and (E)you shall carry my bones up from here.”

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  1. Genesis 50:24 Or visit
  2. Genesis 50:24 Lit swore
  3. Genesis 50:25 Or visit

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