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Know of a surety. Hebrew. knowing thou shalt know. Figure of speech Polyptoton, and note on Gen_26:28.
thy seed, i.e. Isaac. See note on Gen_21:12. The 400 years date from Isaac's birth (Act_7:6). The 430 from the "promise" or Covenant here made (compare Gal_1:3, Gal_1:17), and include the whole "sojourning" (Exo_12:40). and shall serve, &c. Figure of speech Epitrechon. See App-6. This is shown by the Structure (Introversion). a | Thy seed shall be a stranger, &c. b | and shall serve them b | and they shall afflict them a | four hundred years. In a and a we have the whole sojourning and duration. In b and b the servitude in Egypt (215 years).