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Exodus 12:40

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38 And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

39 Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

42 Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.

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BSB
Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
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.
DARBY
And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
BLB
And the dwelling of the sons of Israel who lived in Egypt thirty years. and four hundred years
ÅB
Men den tid Israels barn hadde bodd i Egypt, var fire hundre og tretti år.
OTB
Nå var den tiden Israels barn hadde bodd i Egypt 430 år.
B1930
Men den tid Israels barn hadde bodd i Egypten, var fire hundre og tretti år.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 15:13

    Then 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.

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  • Acts 7:6

    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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  • Acts 13:17

    The 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.

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  • Genesis 12:1–3

    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

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  • Galatians 3:16–17

    The 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.

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  • Hebrews 11:9

    By 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.

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