Exodus 12:40 Cross References

Exodus 12:40

40: The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years.

Genesis 15:13

  1. Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be oppressed as slaves for four hundred years.

Acts 7:6

  1. But God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign country where they would be mistreated as slaves for four hundred years.

Galatians 3:16

  1. God gave the promise to Abraham and his child. And notice that it doesn't say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to his child--and that, of course, means Christ.
  2. This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.

Hebrews 11:9

  1. And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith--for he was like a foreigner, living in a tent. And so did Isaac and Jacob, to whom God gave the same promise.

Genesis 12:1

  1. Then the LORD told Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.
  2. I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.
  3. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Acts 13:17

  1. "The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them prosper in Egypt. Then he powerfully led them out of their slavery.
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