Genesis 15:13
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;
Cross-reference
Genesis 17:8 reaffirms the land promise to Abram's descendants, providing the positive counterpart to the foretold period of sojourning.
Genesis 46:3 gives God's promise: 'I will make you into a great nation there' in Egypt — directly echoing the prophesied growth of Abraham's descendants in a foreign land.
Genesis 46:6 narrates Jacob and all his offspring settling in Egypt — the actual entry into the foreign land where the prophesied sojourning begins.
Genesis 47:4 has Jacob's family tell Pharaoh they've come to 'sojourn' temporarily — echoing the prophesied status of strangers in a land not their own.
Exodus 12:40 records the fulfillment: Israel lived in Egypt 430 years — the actual duration matching the prophesied 400 years of sojourning and oppression.
Psalm 105:23-25 recounts Jacob entering Egypt, Israel growing numerous, and Egypt turning hostile — the fulfillment narrative recited poetically.
In Acts 7:6, Stephen directly recounts God's words to Abraham about his descendants being strangers and enslaved 400 years — a word-for-word citation of the original prophecy.
In Acts 7:7, Stephen continues the prophecy: God will judge the nation enslaving them, and they will come out to worship. This completes the promise of deliverance after the 400 years.
Exodus 12:41 marks the exact day the 430 years ended and Israel departed — the direct fulfillment of the oppression-then-deliverance arc prophesied to Abraham.
Exodus 5 shows Pharaoh intensifying their enslavement — the mistreatment foretold here unfolds in brutal detail.
Exodus 2:25 shows God acknowledging Israel's suffering in Egypt — the 'mistreated' aspect of this prophecy now unfolding.
Exodus 1:1 marks the fulfillment — Jacob's household entering Egypt begins the 400-year sojourn prophesied here.
Exodus 3:17 promises God will bring them out, fulfilling the covenant's end.
Acts 7:17 recounts this same period: as the time of the promise drew near, the people multiplied greatly in Egypt.
Exodus 1:14 details the bitter labor, echoing the predicted affliction.
Numbers 20:15 recounts Israel's suffering in Egypt, reflecting the earlier prophecy.
In Exodus 1:11, taskmasters afflict Israel, beginning the enslavement foretold.
Joshua 21:43 shows Israel possessing the land, as promised after deliverance.
In John 8:33, the Jews claim they were never in slavery — directly contradicting the bondage God foretold to Abram here.
Psalm 105:25 describes God turning Egyptians against Israel, aligning with the affliction.
Ezekiel 20:6 recalls this exact covenant promise — God reminds Israel He swore to bring them out of Egypt into a land flowing with milk and honey.
In Galatians 3:17, Paul references the 430-year period to argue that God's covenant promise to Abraham came long before the law and cannot be annulled by it.
Exodus 23:9 recalls Israel's time as foreigners in Egypt to command compassion toward strangers — turning prophesied suffering into law.
Leviticus 19:34 calls Israel to love foreigners because they knew that experience firsthand — the sojourn here foretold becomes grounds for empathy.
Exodus 22:21 grounds its command to protect foreigners in Israel's own experience as mistreated strangers — the role prophesied here.
Deuteronomy 10:19 appeals to Israel's memory of being foreigners in Egypt as motivation to love the alien among them.
In Exodus 6:4, God reaffirms the Abrahamic covenant, including the land promise.
In Hebrews 11:13, Abraham's family confesses they are 'strangers and exiles on earth,' echoing the prophesied alien status — though Hebrews broadens it to the life of faith generally.
Psalm 105:12 describes the patriarchs as 'few and strangers' — echoing the vulnerable sojourning theme that precedes Egypt.