Misinterpretations often detach this verse from its Abrahamic covenant context, treating it as a blanket prosperity promise for modern believers facing hardship, which fuels prosperity gospel teachings ignoring its specific prophetic fulfillment in the Exodus; others wrongly see it as endorsing slavery by overlooking the prophesied judgment on the enslaving nation, or apply it legalistically to demand immediate wealth after suffering without regard for God's broader redemptive timeline.
Genesis 15:14
King James Version (1769)
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
God promises Abraham that the nation enslaving his descendants will face divine judgment, after which they will exit with great substance, highlighting His justice against oppressors, sovereign protection over His covenant people, and provision in deliverance, as historically realized in the Exodus when Israel left Egypt enriched by spoils from their former captors.