4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, 'God' removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:
5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when 'as yet' he had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
7 And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so 'Abraham' begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac 'begat' Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
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