![]() The common chronology makes it extend from the call of Abraham to the exodus, one-half of it, or 215 years, being spend in Egypt. The period of bondage given in ( Genesis 15:13 Genesis 15:14 Exodus 12:40 Exodus 12:41 ) and Gala 3:17 as 430 years has been interpreted to cover different periods. Which date is right depends chiefly on the interpretation of the Scripture period of 430 years, as denoting the duration of the bondage of the Israelites. This is probably very nearly correct but many Egyptologists place it at 215 years later, -about B.C. Add the 480 years (leaving off one years because neither the fourth nor the 480th was a full year), and we have B.C. 1491, deriving it in this way: -In ( 1 Kings 6:1 ) it is stated that the building of the temple, in the forth year of Solomon, was in the 480th year after the exodus. the common chronology places the date of this event at B.C. ![]() Bible Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Exodus, The Exodus, The,
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