Exodus 12:40

Hebrew Bible

38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks and herds—a very large number of cattle. 39 They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast. Because they were thrust out of Egypt and were not able to delay, they could not prepare food for themselves either. 40 Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt, and so on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil to the Lord for generations to come.

LXX Exodus 12:40

Septuagint

38 And a numerous mixed group went up with them, along with very many sheep and oxen and livestock. 39 And they baked the dough that they carried out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for it was not leavened. For the Egyptians had driven them out, and they could not tarry, nor did they even prepare provisions for themselves for the journey. 40 Now the sojourn of the sons of Israel, during which they lived in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, was four hundred and thirty-five years. 41 And it happened after the four hundred and thirty-five years, all the hosts of the Lord went forth from the land of Egypt by night. 42 It is an advance guard to the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. That night it is a advance guard to the Lord, for it to be for all the sons of Israel in their generations.

 Notes and References
"... In an editorial aside, Exodus reports the duration of the sojourn of the sons of Israel in Egypt (verses 40–42). On Exodus' reading of παροικήσις, see Wevers (1992, 263). A significant divergence occurs here in Exodus in the Masoretic text (also Syriac; Targum Onqelos, Targum Neofiti) reads that the time here involves the Israelite presence only “in Egypt” ..."

Gurtner, Daniel M. Exodus: A Commentary on the Greek Text of Codex Vaticanus (pp. 230-231) Brill, 2013

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