Acts 7:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Sojourn in a strange land;— Some think that this is said in opposition to their sojourning as strangers in the land of Canaan, Hebrews 11:9 which was not a strange land, but theirs by divine promise. But God himself teaches us otherwise, Exodus 6:4 where he calls Canaan the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they, that is, Abraham and his descendants, had hitherto been strangers; for they were not as yet possessed of it, though they had a good title to it. This is proper to be taken notice of, in order to explain what immediately follows. See the note on Genesis 15:13.

Acts 7:6

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 entreat them evil four hundred years.