וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְאַבְרָ֗ם יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־גֵ֣ר ׀ יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲךָ֗ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָהֶ֔ם וַעֲבָד֖וּם וְעִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
他對亞伯蘭說：«你要確實知道，你的後裔必寄居在不屬於他們的地方，要服事那地的人，受他們苦待，共四百年；
Zohar Chadash
He said to him, “That which the Holy One, blessed be He, mentions in every place to the Jewish people, ‘I am the Lord, your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt’ (Exodus 20:2); ‘I am the Lord, your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt’ (Leviticus 19:36) - what novelty is taught here? It is [just] the payback of the stipulation! This is what He said to Abraham - ‘that your descendants will be foreigners in a land that is not theirs, etc. afterwards they will leave with great wealth’ (Genesis 15:13-14). If so, why mention it to them in every place?”