γάρ· „τὸ δὲ ἔθνος ᾧ ἂν δουλεύσωσι κρινῶ ἐγώ· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται ὧδε μετὰ ἀποσκευῆς πολλῆς“ (Gen. 15,14). ἀνάγκη γὰρ θνητὸν ὄντα τῷ τῶν παθῶν ἔθνει πιεσθῆναι καὶ τὰς οἰκείους τῷ γενομένῳ κῆρας ἀναδέξασθαι, βούλημα δὲ θεοῦ τὰ σύμφυτα κακὰ τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν ἐπικουφίζειν· ὥστε…

ey will return here, for the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet complete up to the present time. Genesis 15:13-16. What could be clearer than this predestination? It predicts that the descendants of Abraham will live as strangers in a foreign land for many years and that they…

wn, and they will be enslaved and oppressed for 400 years. But the nation they serve, I will judge ( Genesis 15:13-14). And therefore, the wisest legislator Moses, with God as his guide, tells us. Thus, having followed this, he said: The dwelling of the children of Israel, i…