40Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.


In Context

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

38 Many other people went up with them, as well as large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

39 With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked cakes of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.

41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord 's divisions left Egypt.

42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.

Exodus 12:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:40And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, which they sojourned in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt is four hundred and thirty years;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelled in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.