KJV ORIGINAL
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
God told Abraham straight up: 'Your descendants are going to end up living as strangers in a foreign country, and the people there will make them slaves and treat them terribly for four hundred years.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God was honest with Abraham from the start — your family's story is going to get really hard before it gets better.
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