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The timeוּמוֹשַׁבthatאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלlivedיָשְׁבוּin Egyptבְּמִצְרָיִםwas four hundredאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתand thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁים וְyears.שָׁנָה שָׁנָה
Exodus 12:40
Study it in the app“The time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:40, word by word
- The timeמוֹשַׁבmoshav
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshav” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- livedיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- in Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- was four hundredאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- was four hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew text says 430 years “in Egypt”; compare Genesis 15:13 (400 years). Paul mentions the 430 years in Galatians 3:17.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
39They baked the dough that they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread, for it was not leavened, because they had been driven out of Egypt and could not delay; nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
40 · This verse (above)
41At the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that very day, all the armies of YHWH went out from the land of Egypt.