The 430 Years

The 430 years

From God’s promise to Abraham to the night Israel left Egypt.

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Timeline of the 430 years from Abraham leaving Haran at 75 to Israel leaving Egypt, showing the 30 years, the 400 years of affliction, and 215 years in Canaan and 215 in Egypt.

Year 0 · Abraham leaves Haran (2023 after creation)Year 430 · the Exodus (2453)

430 = 30 + 400

Haran (Abraham 75) → Isaac weaned (Abraham 105)	30 yrs
Affliction, Genesis 15:13	400 yrs
Sojourning, Exodus 12:40	430 yrs

215 + 215

Abraham 75 → Isaac born	25 yrs
Isaac → Jacob born	60 yrs
Jacob enters Egypt at	130 yrs
Canaan, then 215 more in Egypt	215 yrs

Four generations

God told Abraham his descendants would return “in the fourth generation” (Genesis 15:16). Levi, Kohath, Amram and Moses span the 215 years in Egypt, which fits the shorter reading.

In Egypt: the last 215 years

From Jacob’s arrival in Goshen, through Moses’ life, to the Promised Land.

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Timeline of Israel in Egypt: Jacob enters Goshen, Moses is born, 40 years in Egypt and 40 in Midian, Israel leaves Egypt, 40 years in the wilderness, and the Promised Land.

Year 0 · Jacob enters Egypt (2238 after creation)Year 255 · into Canaan (2493)

215 years in Egypt

Jacob arrives → Joseph dies at 110	71 yrs
Joseph dies → Moses born	64 yrs
Moses born → the Exodus	80 yrs
In Egypt	215 yrs

Moses: 40 + 40 + 40

In Egypt (Acts 7:23)	40 yrs
In Midian (Acts 7:30)	40 yrs
In the wilderness (Acts 7:36)	40 yrs
His whole life (Deuteronomy 34:7)	120 yrs

After Joseph

Joseph's death → the Exodus	144 yrs
Reigns listed on the chart	133 yrs

The chart's four kings cover most of the time between Joseph's death and the Exodus.

Scripture from the King James Version. Years after creation follow the Years From Creation chronology (Abraham born 1948, the Exodus 2453).