Genesis 15:13 Cross References - Rotherham

¹³ And he said to Abram––Thou, must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them, and they will humble them, four hundred years;

⁸ And I will give, to thee and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings––all the land of Canaan, for an age–abiding possession,––And I will be to them, a God.

¹ Now, these, are the names of the Sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, with Jacob, did each man and his household come in:–– ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

¹¹ So they set over them chiefs of tribute, to the end they might humiliate them with their burdens,––and they built store–cities for Pharaoh, even Pithom and Raamses.

¹ And, afterwards, Moses and Aaron went in, and said unto Pharaoh,––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a festival to me, in the desert. ² Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh, that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly, Israel, will I not let go!
³ And they said, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us,––let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the desert, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he fall upon us, with pestilence or with sword. ⁴ And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore, O Moses and Aaron, should ye loose the people, from their works? Get you to your burdens. ⁵ And Pharaoh said, Lo! many––now, are the people of the land,––and are ye to make them rest from their burdens? ⁶ So then Pharaoh gave command, on that day, unto the taskmasters over the people, and unto their overseers––saying: ⁷ Ye shall no more give straw unto the people, for making the bricks, as heretofore: Let, them, go, themselves, so shall they gather for themselves straw: ⁸ Nevertheless, the fixed number of bricks, which they have been making heretofore, shall ye lay upon them, ye shall not diminish therefrom,––for, idle, they are, on this account, it is that they are making an outcry, saying, We must go our way, we must sacrifice to our God. ⁹ The service must be made heavy on the men, that they may labour on it,––and let them not pay regard to words of falsehood.
¹⁰ Then went forth the taskmasters of the people, and their overseers, and spake unto the people,––saying,––Thus, saith Pharaoh, I am not going to give you straw, ¹¹ Ye yourselves go fetch you straw, of any ye can find,––yet hath there not been diminished from your service a single thing. ¹² So the people dispersed themselves throughout all the land of Egypt,––to gather stubble for straw: ¹³ the taskmasters, meanwhile, being urgent, saying,––Complete your works, The task of a day, in its day, as when the straw was provided. ¹⁴ Then were beaten the overseers of the sons of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them, saying: Wherefore have ye not completed your task for making bricks, as heretofore, so also, yesterday and, today?
¹⁵ Then came in the overseers of the sons of Israel, and made outcry unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore shouldst thou do thus, to thy servants? ¹⁶ No straw, is given to thy servants, yet, bricks,––they keep saying to us––make ye! And lo, thy servants, are beaten––thou dost, therefore, wrong thy people. ¹⁷ But he said: Idle, ye are––idle, on this account, are, ye, saying, We must take our journey, we must sacrifice to Yahweh. ¹⁸ Now, therefore, go labour, but, straw, shall not be given you,––yet, the tale of bricks, shall ye render. ¹⁹ Then did the overseers of the sons of Israel see themselves to be in an evil case, when it was said,––Ye shall not diminish from your bricks––the task of a day, in its day! ²⁰ So they fell upon Moses and upon Aaron, stationing themselves to meet them,––as they came forth from Pharaoh; ²¹ and they said unto them, Yahweh look upon you, and judge,––in that ye have made us odious in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, putting a sword into their hand to slay us. ²² And Moses returned unto Yahweh, and said,––O My Lord wherefore hast thou caused harm to this people? Wherefore now didst thou send me? ²³ seeing that, from what time I came in unto Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done harm to this people, and thou hast not, delivered, thy people.

⁴⁰ Now, the time during which the sons of Israel dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹ And it came to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years, yea it came to pass, on this self–same day, that all the hosts of Yahweh had come forth out of the land of Egypt.

²¹ And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down, neither shalt thou drive him away,––for, sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt.

⁹ And, a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away,––seeing that, ye yourselves, know the soul of a sojourner; for, sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.

³⁴ As one home born from among yourselves, shall be unto you the sojourner who sojourneth with you, So shalt thou love him as thyself, For, sojourners, became ye, in the land of Egypt,––I––Yahweh, am your God.

¹⁹ Therefore shall ye love the sojourner,––for, sojourners, became ye, in the land of Egypt.

¹¹ Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion; ¹² While as yet they were men easily counted,––A very few, and sojourners therein;

²³ So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham; ²⁴ And he made his people exceeding fruitful,––And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
²⁵ He let them turn their heart––To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;

⁶ But God, spake thus––His seed shall be a sojourner in a foreign land, and they will bring it into bondage, and ill–treat it four–hundred years; ⁷ And, the nation unto which they shall be in bondage, will, I, judge––said God; and, after these things, shall they come forth, and render divine service unto me, in this place.

¹⁷ Now, just as the time of the promise was drawing near wherewith God had agreed with Abraham, the people grew, and were multiplied in Egypt,––

¹⁷ And, this, I say––a covenant previously confirmed by God, the law which, after four hundred and thirty years, hath been brought into being, doth not annul, so as to do away with the promise.

⁸ By faith, being called, Abraham obeyed––to come forth into a place he was destined to receive for an inheritance; and he came forth, not well knowing whither he was coming. ⁹ By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint–heirs of the same promise; ¹⁰ For he was awaiting the city having foundations, whose architect and builder is, God. ¹¹ By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of life’s prime,––seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that had promised; ¹² Wherefore, even from one, were born, and, as to these things, one who had become dead,––like the stars of the heaven, for multitude, and as the sand that is by the lip of the sea, that cannot be numbered. ¹³ In faith, all these died––not bearing away the promises, but, from afar, beholding and saluting them, and confessing that, strangers and sojourners, were they upon the land.