Catholic Public Domain Version
"And it was said to him: “Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years. "
— Genesis 15:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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;”
“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; ”
“He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.”
“Then the LORD said to Abram,“Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.”
“And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.”
“And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;”
“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;”
Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.
And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.
And it was said to him: “Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years.
Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve, and after this they will depart with great substance.
But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”