430 years.' The Alexandrine copy of the LXX. has the same reading; and the same statement is made by the apostle Paul, in

加拉太書 3:17
我是這麼說：神預先所立的約，不能被那四百三十年以後的律法廢掉，叫應許歸於虛空。

, who reckons from the promise made to Abraham to the giving of the law. That these three witnesses have the truth, the chronology itself proves; for it is evident that the descendants of Israel did not dwell

430 years in Egypt; while it is equally evident, that the period from Abraham's entry into Canaan to the Exodus, is exactly that number. Thus, from Abraham's entrance into the promised land to the birth of Isaac, was

25 years; Isaac was

60 at the birth of Jacob; Jacob was

130 at his going into Egypt; where he and his children continued

215 years more; making in the whole

430 years. sojourning.

使徒行傳 13:17
這以色列民的神揀選了我們的祖宗，當民寄居埃及的時候抬舉他們，用大能的手領他們出來。

希伯來書 11:9
他因著信，就在所應許之地作客，好像在異地居住帳篷，與那同蒙一個應許的以撒、雅各一樣。

for hundred

創世記 12:1-3
耶和華對亞伯蘭說：「你要離開本地、本族、父家，往我所要指示你的地去。…

創世記 15:13
耶和華對亞伯蘭說：「你要的確知道，你的後裔必寄居別人的地，又服侍那地的人，那地的人要苦待他們四百年。

使徒行傳 7:6
神說他的後裔『必寄居外邦，那裡的人要叫他們做奴僕，苦待他們四百年』。

加拉太書 3:16,17
所應許的原是向亞伯拉罕和他子孫說的，神並不是說「眾子孫」，指著許多人；乃是說「你那一個子孫」，指著一個人，就是基督。…