Genesis 15:13
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
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ASV
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
KJV
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;
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לְאַבְרָ֗ם | le.'av.Ram | to Abram | H87 → |
| יָדֹ֨עַ | ya.Do.a' | certainly <to know> | H3045 → |
| תֵּדַ֜ע | te.Da' | you will know | H3045 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| גֵ֣ר׀ | ger | a sojourner | H1616 → |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yih.Yeh | it will be | H1961 → |
| זַרְעֲךָ֗ | zar.'a.Kha | offspring your | H2233 → |
| בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ | be.'E.retz | in a land | H776 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | [which] not | H3808 → |
| לָהֶ֔ם | la.Hem | [belongs] to <the> them | |
| וַעֲבָד֖וּם | va.'a.va.Dum | and they will serve them | H5647 → |
| וְעִנּ֣וּ | ve.'i.Nu | and they will afflict | H6031 → |
| אֹתָ֑ם | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| אַרְבַּ֥ע | 'ar.Ba' | four | H702 → |
| מֵא֖וֹת | me.'ot | hundred<s> | H3967 → |
| שָׁנָֽה׃ | sha.Nah | year[s] | H8141 → |
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