Moses was 40 at the time he fled Egypt (Acts 7:23-29) – but the book of exodus does not say so.
Rackham puts it this way: “The age of Moses at the crisis, forty years, was discovered by the rabbinical interpreters. Forty is the Jewish round number. The Old Testament only state…
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400 Years. Or Was That 430 Years?
Stephen references the Genesis record again: “And God spake on this wise, at his seed should sojourn in a strange land: and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.” The reference is to Genesis 15:13. Rackham’…
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The Genesis account of Esau’s wives seems to give two lists that differ.
List One
Gen 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Gen 28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives…
