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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: There are three independent witnesses Massoretic Text (MT), Septuagint (LXX) and Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) to the original text of this passage: I require at least two witnesses agree, before I trust any of these. Deut 19:15 .... A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. Matt 18:16 ... so that every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' The LXX and SP mention "and the land of Canaan" so I accept that. Only the Sp mentions “and their fathers” so I reject that portion. All mentions sons of (or children) of Israel so that appears established. MT Ex 12:40-41 Now the length of time the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. 41 At the end of the four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all Yahweh's divisions left Egypt. LXX Ex 12:40-41 And the sojourning of the sons of Israel, which they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was four hundred and thirty years 41 And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty years, all the forces of the Lord came forth out of the land of Egypt by night. I don't have a copy of the Sp was hard to find on the www and I did not find verse 41. SP Ex. 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel and of their fathers which they had dwelt in the land of Canaan and in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years" Scripture verses on the length of time the sons of Israel were in Canaan before going to Egypt. Gen 29:20 So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her. Gen 29:27 Finish this daughter's bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work." Gen 29:30 Jacob lay with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years. Gen 30:25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me on my way so I can go back to my own homeland. Gen 30:26 Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I've done for you." Gen 30:27 But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you." Gen 30:28 He added, "Name your wages, and I will pay them." Gen 31:41 It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times. Joseph was born near the end of the second seven years Jacob served for his wives. At least six years remain before Jacob and sons returned to Canaan. Gen 37:2 This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. Gen 41:46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ... Jacob was 30 when he came into Pharaoh's service, this was also during the first year of plenty. Gen 41:26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; ... Gen 41:27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine. GEN 41:29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, GEN 41:30 But seven years of famine will follow them. .... GEN 45:6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping. I was some time near the end of the second years of famine or the beginning of the third year of famine. That is when Joseph is 38 or 39. Joseph's maximum age at the time Jacob and sons enters Egypt. Jacob's minimum age upon returning from Haran is 6 years. 30 plus 7 plus 2 minus 6 years is 33 years. In http://www.scripturescholar.com/JubileeTimetable.htm I show have Ephraim could still be alive to mourn his children after seven generations. 23 times 7 is 161; his grandfather Isaac lived to be 180 years old. The 430 years of Gal 3:16-17 dates from promises made to Abraham and his “seed”, Jacob a seed of Abraham received a number of promises, One as he was returning from Haran, I believe the promise here refers to the one when have returned from Haran, because it is at that point that he is named Israel Genesis 32:28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome." That is the first time we have person named Israel and the first time there are sons of Israel In Canaan. I made a very exciting astronomical chronological discovery see http://www.scripturescholar.com/LambofGod.htm. grace and peace, Bruce |