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href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, <i>was</i> four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt <i>was</i> four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the time that the sons of Israel had lived in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now the period of time the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, which they sojourned in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites had been living in Egypt for 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites had lived in Egypt for 430 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the time that the Israelis lived in Egypt was 430 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the duration of the Israelites? stay in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now the time of the dwelling of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the dwelling of the sons of Israel [in] which they have dwelt in Egypt [is] four hundred and thirty years;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt is four hundred and thirty years;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they dwelt in Egypt, was thirty years and four hundred years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now the habitation of the sons of Israel, while they remained in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The time the Israelites had stayed in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And their dwelling where the children of Israel had dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan, <i>was</i> four hundred and thirty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/12-40.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3081" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">The Exodus Begins</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">39</span>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. <span class="reftext">40</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4186.htm" title="4186: ū·mō·wō·šaḇ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Or moshab; from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode; by implication, population.">Now the duration</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of the Israelites’</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yā·šə·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">stay</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">in Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: šə·lō·šîm (Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth.">was 430</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: wə·’ar·ba‘ (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years.</a> </span><span class="reftext">41</span>At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13-14</a></span><br />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. / But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6-7</a></span><br />God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Galatians 3:17</a></span><br />What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1-4</a></span><br />So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. / And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob. / “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9-10</a></span><br />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. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9</a></span><br />“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Deuteronomy 10:22</a></span><br />Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24-25</a></span><br />Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” / And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-1.htm">Exodus 1:1-5</a></span><br />These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: / Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; / Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-19.htm">1 Chronicles 16:19-22</a></span><br />When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, / they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. / He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-23.htm">Psalm 105:23-24</a></span><br />Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. / And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7-8</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. / You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-4.htm">Joshua 24:4</a></span><br />and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-5.htm">Ezekiel 20:5-6</a></span><br />and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’ / On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelled in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Galatians 3:17</a></b></br> And this I say, <i>that</i> the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a></b></br> The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9</a></b></br> By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as <i>in</i> a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:</p><p class="hdg">for hundred</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></b></br> Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a></b></br> And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land <i>that is</i> not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6</a></b></br> And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat <i>them</i> evil four hundred years.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/36-43.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/exodus/10-23.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Four</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/genesis/23-1.htm">Length</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">Resided</a> <a href="/amos/7-13.htm">Residence</a> <a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Sojourning</a> <a href="/exodus/6-20.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-42.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/15-13.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Four</a> <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/exodus/12-42.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/25-10.htm">Length</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">Resided</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm">Residence</a> <a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Sojourning</a> <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/exodus/13-10.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This time began with the arrival of Jacob and his family during a famine, as recorded in <a href="/genesis/46.htm">Genesis 46</a>. The Israelites initially settled in the land of Goshen, a fertile area suitable for their livestock. Over time, they grew from a family into a large nation. This period is significant as it marks the transition from the patriarchal age to the formation of a distinct people group, setting the stage for the Exodus.<p><b>was 430 years.</b><br>The 430 years is a key chronological marker in biblical history. This duration is often debated, with some interpretations suggesting it includes the time from Abraham's covenant with God to the Exodus. However, the straightforward reading here focuses on the Israelites' time in Egypt. This period saw the Israelites' transformation from favored guests to enslaved people, leading to their eventual deliverance. The number 430 also connects to <a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Galatians 3:17</a>, where Paul discusses the law given 430 years after the promise to Abraham, highlighting the continuity of God's plan. This period foreshadows the redemptive work of Christ, as the Exodus is a type of salvation, with Moses as a type of Christ leading his people to freedom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, also known as the children of Israel, who were living in Egypt during this period.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved and where they lived for 430 years before the Exodus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/exodus.htm">Exodus</a></b><br>The event of the Israelites' departure from Egypt, marking the end of their 430-year sojourn and the beginning of their journey to the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_over_time.htm">God's Faithfulness Over Time</a></b><br>The 430 years in Egypt remind us of God's faithfulness to His promises, even over long periods. We can trust that God is working out His plans in His perfect timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_timing.htm">Understanding God's Timing</a></b><br>The lengthy stay in Egypt teaches us patience and trust in God's timing. We may not always understand why God allows certain situations to persist, but we can be assured that He is in control.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance_and_redemption.htm">Deliverance and Redemption</a></b><br>The eventual Exodus signifies God's power to deliver and redeem His people. This foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, encouraging us to seek spiritual freedom in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_prophecy.htm">Historical Context and Prophecy</a></b><br>Recognizing the historical context of the Israelites' stay in Egypt helps us appreciate the fulfillment of God's prophecies and the continuity of His plan throughout the Bible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_strangers.htm">Living as Strangers</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were strangers in Egypt, Christians are called to live as strangers and pilgrims in this world, looking forward to our eternal home with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/exodus_12_40__explain_430-year_sojourn.htm">Exodus 12:40 – How do we reconcile the stated 430-year sojourn in Egypt with genealogies or other biblical timelines that seem shorter? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_evidence_supports_the_exodus.htm">What evidence supports the historical occurrence of the Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_age_of_the_bible.htm">What is the age of the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_worship_the_golden_calf.htm">Why did the Israelites worship the golden calf?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(40) <span class= "bld">The sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">which they sojourned in Egypt</span><p><span class= "bld">Was four hundred and thirty years.</span>--Comp. the prophecy:--"Thy seed shall be a stranger in <span class= "ital">a land</span> that is not theirs [Egypt, not Canaan], and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them <span class= "ital">four hundred years</span> and also <span class= "ital">that nation</span> whom they shall serve will I judge" (<a href="/context/genesis/15-13.htm" title="And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;">Genesis 15:13-14</a>). The genealogy of Joshua (<a href="/context/1_chronicles/7-22.htm" title="And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.">1Chronicles 7:22-27</a>), which places him in the eleventh generation from Jacob, accords well with this term of years. The other genealogies are more or less abbreviated.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 40-42.</span> - 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, <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> As to the soundness; and <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> 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 <a href="/genesis/46-1.htm">Genesis 46:1-27</a>, and the commencement of the exodus. The time is required by the genealogy of Joshua (<a href="/1_chronicles/7-22.htm">1 Chronicles 7:22-27</a>). 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. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 40.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The sojourning of the children of Israel, which dwelt in Egypt</span>. Rather, "Which they sojourned in Egypt." (Compare the Septuagint - <span class="greek">ἡ κατοίκησις η{ν κατῴκησαν</span>.) Four hundred and thirty years. Literally "thirty years and four hundred years." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-40.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now the duration</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמוֹשַׁב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mō·wō·šaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Israelites’</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stay</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשְׁב֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Egypt</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was 430</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7970.htm">Strong's 7970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thirty, thirtieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/12-40.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:40 Now the time that the children (Exo. 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