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What I am saying is this: the Law, which came
afour hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.
a
Genesis 15:13, Exodus 12:40, Acts 7:6
Genesis 15
13
God said to Abram, "Know for certain that ayour descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where bthey will be enslaved and oppressed cfour hundred years.
Exodus 12
40
Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was afour hundred and thirty years.
Acts 7
6
"But aGod spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.