Journal Entry from May 31, 2020 “Then the Lord said to Abram, ‘You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed for 400 years. But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth’” (Genesis 15:13-14). The Israelites, Abram’s descendants, would be enslaved for 400 years. In other words, they would be waiting for redemption, for freedom, for someone to rescue them for 4 generations (four centuries). They would be oppressed, treated harshly and unfairly, and be subject to abuse. Their treatment would be unjust. It would be wrong, and yet, it would continue for hundreds of years. Exodus 1:11-