¹³ Then the Lord said to Abram,^(A) “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners^(B) in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed^[a] 400 years.^(C)

⁷ But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous^(A) so that the land was filled with them.