Genesis 15:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 15:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לְאַבְרָ֗ם
ʼAbrâm
H87
Abram
יָדֹ֨עַ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
תֵּדַ֜ע
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
גֵ֣ר
gêr
H1616
sojourner
יִהְיֶ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
זַרְעֲךָ֗
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
בְּאֶ֨רֶץ֙
ʼerets
H776
land
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
לָהֶ֔ם
וַעֲבָד֖וּם
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
וְעִנּ֣וּ
ʻânâh
H6031
to afflict
אֹתָ֑ם
ʼêth
H853
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אַרְבַּ֥ע
ʼarbaʻ
H702
four
מֵא֖וֹת
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
שָׁנָֽה
shâneh
H8141
year
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then he said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be strangers in a land not to them, and they will serve them, and they will afflict them 400 years.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).