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The Exodus Begins

Exodus 12:40

In 11 translations

BSB
Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.MT; SP in Canaan and Egypt; LXX in Egypt and Canaan
KJV
¶ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
WEB
Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
ASV
Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
LSV
And the dwelling of the sons of Israel [in] which they have dwelt in Egypt [is] four hundred and thirty years;
YLT
And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt [is] four hundred and thirty years;
DBY
And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
DRC
And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
GNV
So the dwelling of the children of Israel, while they dwelled in Egypt, was foure hundreth and thirtie yeres.
JPS
Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
LXXE
And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan, was four hundred and thirty years.Gr. which.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּמוֹשַׁב֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשְׁב֖וּ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἡ δὲ κατοίκησις τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ἣν κατῴκησαν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν, ἔτη τετρακόσια τριάκοντα.

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👤 Jacob (Israel)📍 Egypt◆ Sojourn in Canaan and Egypt◆ Exodus from Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 15:13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  • Acts 7:6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  • Acts 13:17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
  • Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
  • Genesis 12:1–3Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great,…
  • Galatians 3:16–17The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later…

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