KJV King James Version
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.
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Exodus 12:40
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
WEB World English Bible
Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
ASV American Standard Version
Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt is four hundred and thirty years;
Surrounding context — Exodus 12
37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.
38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle.
39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.
41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
42 It [is] a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this [is] that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
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וּמוֹשַׁב֙H4186 · mo.shavseatבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichיָשְׁב֖וּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearוְאַרְבַּ֥עH702 · ar.bafourמֵא֖וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredשָׁנָֽה׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
Genesis 15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;Acts 7:6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.Acts 13:17The 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.Hebrews 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:Galatians 3:16-17Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.Genesis 12:1-3Now 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:
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