Genesis 15:13
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אַבְרָם
ʼAbrâm
Abram, the original name of Abraham
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
עָרַב
ʻârab
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
גֵּר
gêr
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
עָנָה
ʻânâh
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרַב ʻârab
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
Study H6148 →הֵנָּה hênnâh
themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
Study H2007 →עָנָה ʻânâh
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
Study H6031 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →Cross References
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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