Sojourning
Sojourning (מוֹשָׁב, a residence; Ex 12:40; elsewhere "dwelling," "habitation," etc.; παροικία, 1Pe 1:17; so the verb and noun, παροικέω and πάροικος). The 430 years of the "sojourning of the children of Israel in Egypt" (Ga 3:17) may be reckoned thus:
From the call of Abraham (Ac 7:12) till the removal from Haran (Ge 12:5), about........... 5 In Canaan before the birth of Isaac (Ge 21:5)….25 Till the birth of Jacob (Genisis 25:6)............ 60 Till the migration into Egypt (Ge 47:9) ......... 130 The time passed in Egypt, only .................... 210 The whole period of sojourning (Ex 12:40).... 430 Deduct 5 years in Haran + 25 till Isaac's birth....... 30 The sojourning of the "seed" (Ge 15:13; Ac 7:6) 400
SEE CHRONOLOGY.
