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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The Samaritan Pentateuch reads, ?Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, and of their fathers in the land of Canaan and in the land of Egypt, was 430 years?. The Alexandrine copy of the LXX. has the same reading; and the same statement is made by the apostle Paul, in Gal 3:17, who reckons from the promise made to Abraham to the giving of the law. That these three witnesses have the truth, the chronology itself proves; for it is evident that the descendants of Israel did not dwell 430 years in Egypt; while it is equally evident, that the period from Abraham?s entry into Canaan to the Exodus, is exactly that number. Thus, from Abraham?s entrance into the promised land to the birth of Isaac, was 25 years; Isaac was 60 at the birth of Jacob; Jacob was 130 at his going into Egypt; where he and his children continued 215 years more; making in the whole 430 years. See Kennicott?s Dissertation on the Hebrew Text. |
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sojourning
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Act 13:17; Hbr 11:9 |
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four hundred
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Gen 12:1-3; Gen 15:13; Act 7:6; Gal 3:16,17 |
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Gal 3:17 |
And this I say, [that] 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. |
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Act 13:17 |
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. |
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Hbr 11:9 |
By 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: |
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Gen 12:1 |
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: |
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Gen 12:2 |
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: |
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Gen 12:3 |
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. |
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Gen 15:13 |
And 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; |
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Act 7:6 |
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 [them] evil four hundred years. |
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Gal 3:16 |
Now 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. |
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Gal 3:17 |
And this I say, [that] 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. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 12:40," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Exd/12/40.html>.
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