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God didn’t give him an inheritance here, not even a square foot of land. However, God did promise to give the land as his possession to him and to his descendants, even though Abraham had no child. God put it this way: His descendants will be strangers in a land that belongs to others, who will enslave them and abuse them for four hundred years.[a] And I will condemn the nation they serve as slaves, God said, and afterward they will leave[b] that land and serve me in this place.

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