Passage

Leaving the nation that enslaves them

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁷‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’

Acts 7:7World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The speech quotes God saying he will judge the nation that enslaves the descendants, who will then leave and serve him.

To understand

The preceding line describes their living as strangers, enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. The next names Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the twelve patriarchs as the account continues through the family.

A question

What sequence of enslavement, judgment and service is described in these words?