Exodus Chapter 12 verse 40 Holy Bible
Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
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Now the children of Israel had been living in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.
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And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
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Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
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Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
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Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
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And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt `is' four hundred and thirty years;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 40-42. - The narrative of the departure from Egypt is followed, not unnaturally, by a notification of the length of the sojourn, which is declared to have been a space of four hundred and thirty years. In the "Introduction" to the Book, we have examined the question, which here arises, 1. As to the soundness; and 2. As to the true meaning, of the Hebrew text, and have arrived at the conclusion that it is sound, and that it means what it says, viz., that 430 years elapsed between the arrival of Jacob in Egypt, with his sons, and sons' sons, and their families, as related in Genesis 46:1-27, and the commencement of the exodus. The time is required by the genealogy of Joshua (1 Chronicles 7:22-27). It is in remarkable accordance with the traditions that Joseph was the minister of Apspi, and that the Jews went out under Menephthah. If not absolutely required for the multiplication of the race from "seventy souls" to above two millions, it is at any rate more in accord with that fact than the alternative number, 215. It is twice repeated, so that "the mistake of a copyist" is almost impossible. Verse 40. - The sojourning of the children of Israel, which dwelt in Egypt. Rather, "Which they sojourned in Egypt." (Compare the Septuagint - ἡ κατοίκησις η{ν κατῴκησαν.) Four hundred and thirty years. Literally "thirty years and four hundred years."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) The sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt.--Heb., which they sojourned in EgyptWas four hundred and thirty years.--Comp. the prophecy:--"Thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs [Egypt, not Canaan], and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years and also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge" (Genesis 15:13-14). The genealogy of Joshua (1Chronicles 7:22-27), which places him in the eleventh generation from Jacob, accords well with this term of years. The other genealogies are more or less abbreviated.
