Exodus 12:38-40

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³⁸A great number of people who were not Israelites went with them, along with many sheep, cattle, and other livestock. ³⁹The people did not have time to put yeast in their bread or make any special food for their journey. So they had to bake their bread without yeast.

⁴⁰The Israelites had lived in Egypt^[a] for 430 years.

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Footnotes

Exodus 12:40 Egypt The ancient Greek and Samaritan versions say, “Egypt and Canaan.” This would mean they counted the years from about Abraham’s time, not from Joseph’s. See Gen. 15:12-16 and Gal. 3:17.