Act 7:6-7 | NET2full | STEP | But God spoke as follows : ‘ Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country , whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for 400 years .

‏ Acts 7:6-7

6 But God spoke as follows: ‘Your ^{▼▼tn Grk “that his”; the discourse switches from indirect to direct with the following verbs. For consistency the entire quotation is treated as second person direct discourse in the translation.} descendants will be foreigners ^{▼▼tn Or “will be strangers,” that is, one who lives as a noncitizen of a foreign country.} in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for 400 years. ^{▼▼sn A quotation from Gen 15:13. Exod 12:40 specifies the sojourn as 430 years.} 7 But I will punish ^{▼▼tn BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α states, “Oft. the emphasis is unmistakably laid upon that which follows the Divine Judge’s verdict, upon the condemnation or punishment: condemn, punish…Ac 7:7 (Gen 15:14).”} the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there ^{▼▼tn The words “of there” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.} ^{▼▼sn A quotation from Gen 15:14.} and worship ^{▼▼tn Or “and serve,” but with religious/cultic overtones (BDAG 587 s.v. λατρεύω).} me in this place.’ ^{▼▼sn An allusion to Exod 3:12.}