Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
WEB
Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
YLT
And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt is four hundred and thirty years;
DBT
And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus