| 13. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 15:13:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomer{And} He said Genesis 15:13:2 ⧉לְאַבְרָ֗םleavramto Abram Genesis 15:13:3 ⧉יָדֹ֨עַyadoasurely Genesis 15:13:4 ⧉תֵּדַ֜עtedayou will know Genesis 15:13:5 ⧉כִּי־גֵ֣רkigerthat a sojourner Genesis 15:13:6 ⧉יִהְיֶ֣הyiheyewill be Genesis 15:13:7 ⧉זַרְעֲךָ֗zareakhayour offspring Genesis 15:13:8 ⧉בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙beeretsin a land Genesis 15:13:9 ⧉לֹ֣אlothat is not Genesis 15:13:10 ⧉לָהֶ֔םlahemtheirs Genesis 15:13:11 ⧉וַעֲבָד֖וּםvaavadum{And} they will enslave them Genesis 15:13:12 ⧉וְעִנּ֣וּveinu{And} they will afflict Genesis 15:13:13 ⧉אֹתָ֑םotamthem Genesis 15:13:14 ⧉אַרְבַּ֥עarebafour Genesis 15:13:15 ⧉מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred Genesis 15:13:16 ⧉שָׁנָֽה׃shanayears |
| 13. Formal Translation And He {Yahweh, Future Revealer} said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.” |
| 13. Dynamic Translation Then He {Yahweh, Faithful Predictor} told Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will have to live as foreigners in a land that does not belong to them, where they will be made to serve and will be mistreated for four hundred years.” |