Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 2/26/2005 3:30:18 PM Central Standard Time, 
leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il writes:


> By the way, the rabbis had the same problem, and calculated that there were
> only 210 years from Jacob's descent to Egypt until the exodus. There
> solution was the well-known midrash that God had originally intended that
> the Israelites spend 430 years in Egypt, but since they cried to him so
> feverently He gave them "time off" and recalculated the 430 years from
> Abraham's first visit in Egypt.

Howdy, actually, the counting started with the promise to Abram and ended 
with the giving of the Law.  Four generation they were to be in Egypt, they 
came 
out in the fourth, Moses.

Doug Pickrel
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, TX