Exodus 12:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.”
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“Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt <FI>is<Fi> four hundred and thirty years;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 12:40 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- 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.
- Galatians 3:16The 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.
- 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.
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