5. He didn’t give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but He promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.
6. God spoke in this way:His descendants would be strangersin a foreign country,and they would enslaveand oppress them 400 years.
7. I will judge the nationthat they will serve as slaves, God said.After this, they will come outand worship Me in this place.
8. Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.
9. “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him