Exodus 12:40

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Now the time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.

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  • Gen 15:13 : 13 The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years."
  • Acts 7:6 : 6 God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and He made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt. With an uplifted arm, He led them out of it.
  • Gal 3:16-17 : 16 Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if referring to many, but, 'and to your seed,' meaning one, who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
  • Gen 12:1-3 : 1 The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father's household to the land that I will show you." 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.

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  • Exod 12:41-42
    2 verses
    88%

    41At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the very day, all the LORD's hosts came out of the land of Egypt.

    42It is a night to be observed for the LORD, for having brought them out of the land of Egypt. This is the night for the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for generations to come.

  • Exod 12:39
    76%

    39They baked the dough they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for it had not risen because they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

  • Acts 7:6
    76%

    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Acts 13:18
    75%

    18For about forty years He endured their behavior in the wilderness.

  • Gen 15:13
    74%

    13The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years."

  • Exod 16:35
    74%

    35The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

  • Num 20:15
    74%

    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Ezek 29:11-13
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    73%

    11No foot of man or beast will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.

    12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolate lands, and her cities will be among ruined cities—a desolation for forty years. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the lands.

    13For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years, I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.

  • Exod 1:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

    13The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves.

  • Exod 12:50-51
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    72%

    50All the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

    51And on that very day, the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their divisions.

  • Exod 12:37
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    37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

  • Acts 7:36
    72%

    36This is the one who led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

  • Josh 5:6
    72%

    6The Israelites journeyed in the wilderness for forty years until all the warriors who had come out of Egypt died, because they did not obey the LORD. The LORD swore that He would not show them the land He had promised to their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Gen 50:3
    72%

    3They took forty days for him, because that is how long the embalming process takes, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

  • Exod 12:1
    71%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:

  • Exod 2:23
    71%

    23During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God.

  • Num 32:13
    71%

    13The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years until the entire generation that had done evil in His sight was gone.

  • Num 33:1
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    1These are the journeys of the Israelites who departed from the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

  • Exod 11:4
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    4Moses said, "This is what the LORD says: About midnight I will go out through the midst of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:27-28
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    71%

    27Now Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They gained property there, were fruitful, and greatly multiplied in number.

    28Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, and the years of his life were one hundred and forty-seven in total.

  • Exod 19:1
    71%

    1In the third month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Acts 7:17
    71%

    17As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
    70%

    8When Jacob went into Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • Gen 41:46
    70%

    46Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. He went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 1:3
    70%

    3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites according to all that the LORD had commanded him to tell them.

  • Exod 12:33
    70%

    33The Egyptians pressured the people to send them out of the land quickly, for they said, 'We are all going to die!'

  • Deut 8:4
    70%

    4Your clothing did not wear out, nor did your feet swell during these forty years.

  • Judg 13:1
    70%

    1The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

  • Acts 7:23
    70%

    23When he was forty years old, it entered his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

  • Exod 6:13
    69%

    13The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and commanded them to speak to the Israelites and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

  • Num 14:34
    69%

    34For forty days you explored the land; now, for each day, you will bear your guilt for a year—forty years—and you will know my opposition.

  • Gen 50:22
    69%

    22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with his father's family. He lived to be 110 years old.

  • Exod 12:35
    69%

    35The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

  • Ps 105:38
    69%

    38Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon them.

  • Deut 29:16
    69%

    16You saw their detestable things and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold that were among them.

  • Exod 12:28
    69%

    28The Israelites went and did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

  • Exod 14:3
    69%

    3Pharaoh will think of the Israelites, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has trapped them.'

  • 1 Kgs 11:42
    69%

    42Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.