Exodus 12:40 References

40 Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was afour hundred and thirty years.

a Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:16, Acts 7:6, Galatians 3:17


Genesis 15

13 God said to Abram, "Know for certain that ayour descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where bthey will be enslaved and oppressed cfour hundred years.

Genesis 15

16 "Then in athe fourth generation they will return here, for bthe iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

Acts 7

6 "But aGod spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.

Galatians 3

17 What I am saying is this: the Law, which came afour hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.