Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>]

IIRC, the figure 215 comes from Josephus, who uses a similar 
calculation to the rabbis.

Chris

On Feb 28, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Karl Randolph wrote:

> Yigal:
>
> Isn't that also indicated by the LXX and the Samaritan Pentateuch 
> (other than the rabbinic tradition)? Are there any other MSS that 
> could indicate a 210 (or 215 years I heard from other sources) year 
> sojourn of Israel in Egypt?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Yigal
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