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Solving the 430-Year Puzzle
Commentators like Calvin and Gill clarify that the 430 years did not begin when Jacob's family entered Egypt. The clock started 215 years earlier with God's promise to Abraham. This view, supported by ancient translations and Paul in Galatians 3:17, resolves apparent contradictions in the biblical timeline. The actual time spent in Egypt was about 215 years.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 12:40
18th Century
Theologian
Who dwelt - Read: the time in which they sojourned. The obvious intention of Moses is to state the duration of the sojourn in Egypt.
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 12:40
19th Century
Bishop
The sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt. —Hebrew: which they sojourned in Egypt
Was f…
John Calvin
On Exodus 12:40
16th Century
Theologian
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel. The beginning of this period is not reckoned from Jacob's coming down into Egypt, for it is …
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John Gill
On Exodus 12:40
17th Century
Pastor
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in
Egypt
The Septuagint ver…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 12:37–42
17th Century
Minister
The children of Israel set out without delay. A mixed multitude went with them. Some, perhaps, were willing to leave their country, devastated by p…