Revealing his purpose to Abraham, God promised: “You may know for sure that your seed will become an alien resident in a land not theirs, and they will have to serve them, and these will certainly afflict them for four hundred years.
Darīdams Ābrahāmam zināmu savu nodomu, Dievs apsolīja: ” Zini, ka tavi pēcnācēji būs svešinieki zemē, kas tiem nepieder, un tiem tur būs būt par kalpiem, un tos tur pazemos četri simt gadus.