Acts 7:6 meaning and explanation

God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Acts 7:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Stephen, on trial before the Sanhedrin, retells Israel's story to show God's promise unfolding through hardship. Here he recalls what God told Abraham in Genesis 15: his descendants would be strangers in a foreign land, enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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