Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 1Sýnishorn

1491 BC Moses, by night, leads the Hebrew people out of Egypt 430 years after Abram left Haran (Exodus 12:40 NKJV; Galatians 3:17).

Note 1 (Exodus 12:40): This verse has been mistranslated in many Bible versions. Galatians 3:16–17 is clear that the 430 years of sojourning started when Abraham left Haran. Their stay in Egypt was only about half this period. The King James version is more correct and reads: ‘Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years’.

Note 2: Recent archeological findings point to a Red sea crossing site in the Gulf of Aqaba which, being about 200 miles (320 km) from Rameses, would require God’s miraculous help for them to cover that distance so quickly (Exodus 12:37, 13:20–14:2; Numbers 33:5–8). The water must have been deep for the Egyptian army to be drowned (Psalm 106:11). The details of this event are very important in God’s eyes because they presage the Lord’s first coming.