Then he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Abram,לְאַבְרָם“Knowיָדֹעַfor certainתֵּדַעthatכִּיyour offspringזַרְעֲךָwill beיִהְיֶהresident aliensגֵרin a landבְּאֶרֶץthat is notלֹאtheirs,לָהֶםand they will serve them,וַעֲבָדוּםand they will afflictוְעִנּוּthemאֹתָםfour hundredאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתyears.שָׁנָה
Quotation · Acts 7:6-7
Go to Acts 7:6-7Stephen sums up in indirect speech the word of God to Abram. Where Genesis ends “they will come out with great possessions,” Stephen says “and they will worship me in this place.”
Formula: ἐλάλησεν δὲ οὕτως ὁ θεὸς “God spoke thus” (Acts 7:6)
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Greek of the New Testament: ἐλάλησεν δὲ οὕτως ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακόσια καὶ τὸ ἔθνος ᾧ ἐὰν δουλεύσουσιν κρινῶ ἐγώ ὁ θεὸς εἶπεν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται καὶ λατρεύσουσίν μοι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וְגַם אֶת הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבֹדוּ דָּן אָנֹכִי וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן יֵצְאוּ בִּרְכֻשׁ גָּדוֹל
Septuagint (Genesis 15:13-14 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐρρέθη πρὸς Ἀβράρ Γινώσκων γνώσῃ ὅτι πάροικον ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐν γῇ οὐκ ἰδία, καὶ κακώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ ταπεινώσουσιν αὐτοὺς τετρακόσια ἤ. τὸ δὲ ἔθνος ᾧ ἐὰν δουλεύσωσιν κρινῶ μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται ὧδε μετὰ ἀποσκευῆς πολλῆς.
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.
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