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NASB | Genesis 15:13 God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 15:13 God said to Abram, "Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. [Ex 12:40] |
Subject: What do these 430 years mean? |
Bible Note: 2) There are NO sons of Israel until after Abraham's death the time period cannot extend back to Abraham, otherwise the Bible would have said Son's of Abraham. 3) Even if Jacob and sons were in Canaan longer than 30 years, it can't be more than 39 - 6 or 33 years that is Joseph's maximum possible age when the Jacob came to Egypt minus the Joseph's minimum age when entering Canaan, so 33 years max possible years there were sons of Israel in Canaan. 4) Ezer and Elead came after there were seven generations of Ephraimites, this could not be less that 120 years verses your 15 years. In acts 13:17-20 Refers to the period of about 450 years in Egypt up until Israel was fully settled in Israel. 400 years in Egypt plus 49 years wandering, conquest, and settling is 449 about 450 years Paul mentions. You are also looking this if is possible. I am interested in actual. The archaeology of Egypt's Old Kingdom from the third until the end of the sixth dynasty is almost exactly 400 years. If is also of interest that the Jubilee years also link up when the period in Egypt is 400 years. 80 years before the Exodus when Moses was born Israel was already so numerous that Egypt's Pharaoh was concerned. Considering that many of Jacob's grandchildren or great grandchildren were very young when they entered Egypt, the level of multiplication would have required far more than 8 children per generation. |