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Genesis 15:13-16

13And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Abramלְאַבְרָ֗םle.'av.RamH87,Knowיָדֹ֨עַya.Do.a'H3045of a suretyתֵּדַ֜עte.Da'H3045that thy seedזַרְעֲךָ֗zar.'a.KhaH2233shall be a strangerגֵ֣ר׀gerH1616in a landבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776that isnot theirs, and shall serveוַעֲבָד֖וּםva.'a.va.DumH5647them; and they shall afflictוְעִנּ֣וּve.'i.NuH6031them fourאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141;

14And also that nationהַגּ֛וֹיha.GoyH1471,whom they shall serveיַעֲבֹ֖דוּya.'a.Vo.duH5647,will I judgeדָּ֣ןdanH1777:and afterwardוְאַחֲרֵי־ כֵ֥ןve.'a.cha.rei- khenH3651 H310shall they come outיֵצְא֖וּye.tze.'UH3318with greatגָּדֽוֹל׃ga.DolH1419substanceבִּרְכֻ֥שׁbir.KhushH7399.

15And thou shalt goתָּב֥וֹאta.Vo'H935to thy fathersאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1in peaceבְּשָׁל֑וֹםbe.sha.LomH7965;thou shalt be buriedתִּקָּבֵ֖רti.ka.VerH6912in a goodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896old ageבְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbe.sei.VahH7872.

16But in the fourthרְבִיעִ֖יre.vi.'IH7243generationוְד֥וֹרve.DorH1755they shall come hitherהֵ֑נָּהHe.nahH2008againיָשׁ֣וּבוּya.Shu.vuH7725:for the iniquityעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771of the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567isnot yetהֵֽנָּה׃He.nahH2008fullשָׁלֵ֛םsha.LemH8003.

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