Exodus 12:40

American Standard Version (1901)

Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
  • Acts 7:6 : 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 treat them ill, four hundred years.
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
  • Gal 3:16-17 : 16 Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
  • Gen 12:1-3 : 1 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee: 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing: 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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  • Exod 12:41-42
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    41And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.

    42It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

  • Exod 12:39
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    39And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals.

  • Acts 7:6
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    6And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.

  • Gen 15:13
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    13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

  • Exod 16:35
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    35And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

  • Ezek 29:11-13
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    11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

    12And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

    13For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;

  • Exod 1:12-13
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    12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

    13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

  • Exod 12:50-51
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    72%

    50Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

    51And it came to pass the selfsame day, that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

  • Exod 12:37
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    37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

  • Acts 7:36
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    36This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  • Josh 5:6
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    6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Gen 50:3
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    3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

  • Exod 12:1
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    1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

  • Exod 2:23
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    23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  • Num 32:13
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    13And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.

  • Num 33:1
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    1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

  • Exod 11:4
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    4And Moses said, Thus saith Jehovah, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

  • Gen 47:27-28
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    27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

    28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.

  • Exod 19:1
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    1In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Acts 7:17
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    17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.

  • Gen 41:46
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    46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 1:3
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    3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

  • Exod 12:33
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    33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men.

  • Deut 8:4
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    4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

  • Judg 13:1
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    1And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

  • Acts 7:23
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    23But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

  • Exod 6:13
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    13And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • Num 14:34
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    34After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.

  • Gen 50:22
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    22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

  • Exod 12:35
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    35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

  • Ps 105:38
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    38Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

  • Deut 29:16
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    16(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;

  • Exod 12:28
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    28And the children of Israel went and did so; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

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    3And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

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