Gen 15:13, Exo 1:11-14, 2:23-24, 5:16-21, Deu 5:6, 15:15, Eze 20:8, 13 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said to Abram , Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years .

Genesis 15:13

13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain ^athat your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and ^bthey will be afflicted for ^cfour hundred years.

Exodus 1:11-14

11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them ^dto afflict them with heavy ^eburdens. They built for Pharaoh ^fstore cities, Pithom and ^gRaamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. 13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel ^hwork as slaves 14 and ⁱmade their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

Exodus 2:23-24

God Hears Israel’s Groaning

23 ^jDuring those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^kgroaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^lTheir cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And ^mGod heard their groaning, and God ⁿremembered his covenant with ^oAbraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 5:16-21

16 No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” 17 But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.” 19 The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.” 20 They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; 21 and ^pthey said to them, “The Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Deuteronomy 5:6

6 ^q“‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 15:15

15 ^rYou shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.

Ezekiel 20:8

8 ^sBut they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. ^tNone of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.

“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them ^uand spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:13

13 ^vBut the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. ^wThey did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; ^xand my Sabbaths they greatly profaned.

^y“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.