Exodus 12:40

Exodus 12:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
• New International Version (NIV)Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

Context of Exodus 12:40

38A mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle. 39They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast – because they were thrust out of Egypt and were not able to delay, they could not prepare food for themselves either. Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. 42It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt, and so on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil to the Lord for generations to come.

Exodus 12:40 word by word

וּמוֹשַׁב֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשְׁב֖וּ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now the sojourningמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• who dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• hundredשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970

Cross-references for Exodus 12:40

• Galatians 3:17What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.
• Acts 13:17The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
• Hebrews 11:9By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
• Genesis 12:1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.
• Genesis 15:13Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
• Acts 7:6But God spoke as follows: ‘Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.
• Galatians 3:16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “and to the descendants,” referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.

Commentaries on Exodus 12:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, etc. - The statement in this verse is allowed on all hands to be extremely difficult, and therefore the passage stands in especial need of illustration. "That the descendants of Israel did not dwell 430 years in Egypt," says Dr. Kennicott, "may be easily proved, and has often been demonstrated. Some therefore imagine that by Egypt here both it and Canaan are to be understood. But this greater latitude of place…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40Who dwelt - Read, which they sojourned. The obvious intention of Moses is to state the duration of the sojourn in Egypt.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-42Verses 37-42 The children of Israel set forward without delay. A mixed multitude went with them. Some, perhaps, willing to leave their country, laid waste by plagues; others, out of curiosity; perhaps a few out of love to them and their religion. But there were always those among the Israelites who were not Israelites. Thus there are still hypocrites in the church. This great event was 430 years from the promise made to Abraham: see Ga 3:17. So long the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40According to the Septuagint and the Samaritan Pentateuch, the 430 years span from the promise to Abraham until the exodus from Egypt (Genesis 12; 15). Compare Galatians 3:17; see also Exodus Book Introduction, The Date of the Exodus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4040. the sojourning of the children of Israel ... four hundred and thirty years--The Septuagint renders it thus: "The sojourning of the children and of their fathers, which they sojourned in the land of Canaan and in the land of Egypt." These additions are important, for the period of sojourn in Egypt did not exceed two hundred fifteen years; but if we reckon from the time that Abraham entered Canaan and the promise was made in which the sojourn of his…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 12:40

• Israel
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Commentaries on Exodus 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings