Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years,
Exodus 12:40 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the time the Israelites dwelt in Egypt was 430 years. [Gen. 15:13, 14.] American Standard Version (1901) Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. Common English Bible The length of time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the habitation of the sons of Israel, while they remained in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. |
Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years,
And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Now go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
And God spoke in these terms, that his descendants would be resident aliens in a country belonging to others, who would enslave them and mistreat them during four hundred years.
By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.