Add parallel Print Page Options

God did not give Abraham any of this land, not even a foot of it. But God promised that he would give him and his descendants this land. (This was before Abraham had any descendants.) This is what God said to him: ‘Your descendants will be strangers in a land they don’t own. The people there will make them slaves. And they will do cruel things to them for 400 years. But I will punish the nation where they are slaves. Then your descendants will leave that land. Then they will worship me in this place.’[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 7:6-7 ‘Your descendants . . . place.’ Quotation from Genesis 15:13–14 and Exodus 3:12.

Bible Gateway Recommends

ICB Gift & Award Bible, Boys' Edition
ICB Gift & Award Bible, Boys' Edition
Retail: $7.99
Our Price: $3.89
Save: $4.10 (51%)
3.0 of 5.0 stars
ICB Really Woolly Bible, Blue
ICB Really Woolly Bible, Blue
Retail: $29.99
Our Price: $14.72
Save: $15.27 (51%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
NKJV Simply Charming Bible, Pink
NKJV Simply Charming Bible, Pink
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $17.15
Save: $17.84 (51%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ICB Gift & Award Bible, Girls' Edition
ICB Gift & Award Bible, Girls' Edition
Retail: $7.99
Our Price: $5.58
Save: $2.41 (30%)
3.0 of 5.0 stars
Small Hands Bible, Green Camo, ICB
Small Hands Bible, Green Camo, ICB
Retail: $24.99
Our Price: $17.48
Save: $7.51 (30%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ICB Really Woolly Bible, Pink
ICB Really Woolly Bible, Pink
Retail: $29.99
Our Price: $14.65
Save: $15.34 (51%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars