Acts 7:7
Good News Translation
But I will pass judgment on the people that they will serve, and afterward your descendants will come out of that country and will worship me in this place.'

New Revised Standard Version
‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.’

Contemporary English Version
But he also said, "I will punish the nation that makes them slaves. Then later they will come and worship me in this place."

New American Bible
but I will bring judgment on the nation they serve,’ God said, ‘and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord): and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord): and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place.

the nation.

Genesis 15:14-16 But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance. . . .

Exodus 7:1-14:31 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold, I have appointed thee the god of Pharao; and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy prophet. . . .

Nehemiah 9:9-11 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea. . . .

Psalm 74:12-14 But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. . . .

Psalm 78:43-51 How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis. . . .

Psalm 105:27-36 He gave them power to shew them signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham. . . .

Psalm 135:8,9 He slew the firstborn of Egypt from man even unto beast. . . .

Psalm 136:10-15 Who smote Egypt with their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever. . . .

Isaiah 51:9,10 Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon? . . .

and serve.

Exodus 3:12 And he said to him: I will be with thee; and this thou shalt have for a sign that I have sent thee: When thou shalt have brought my people out of Egypt, thou shalt offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain.

Context
Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin
6And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage and treat them evil four hundred years. 7And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord): and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this place. 8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.…
Cross References
Exodus 3:10
But come, and I will send thee to Pharao, that thou mayst bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

Exodus 3:12
And he said to him: I will be with thee; and this thou shalt have for a sign that I have sent thee: When thou shalt have brought my people out of Egypt, thou shalt offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain.

Acts 7:6
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