Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. Young's Literal Translation and He saith to Abram, ‘knowing—know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years, King James Bible And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; Hebrew Then the LORD saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to Abram, לְאַבְרָ֗ם (lə·’aḇ·rām) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham “Know יָדֹ֨עַ (yā·ḏō·a‘) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 3045: To know for certain תֵּדַ֜ע (tê·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know that כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction your descendants זַרְעֲךָ֗ (zar·‘ă·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity will be יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be strangers גֵ֣ר ׀ (ḡêr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner in a land בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land that is not their own; לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no they will be enslaved וַעֲבָד֖וּם (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave and mistreated וְעִנּ֣וּ (wə·‘in·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted four אַרְבַּ֥ע (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 702: Four hundred מֵא֖וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural Strong's 3967: A hundred years. שָׁנָֽה׃ (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8141: A year |