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Podcast: The Genesis Prophecy: Was the 400 Year Enslavement Predestined?
Greg looks closer at the prophecy in Genesis 15 his people would be enslaved for 400 years. Was this predestined?
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Tags: Genesis, Prophesy
Verse: Genesis 15
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