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I know this seems like an old question but here’s the contradiction I’m struggling with:
400 years
“Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants
will be strangers in a land that is not their own; they will be
enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.”- Genesis 15:13“And God spoke to this effect—that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them 400 years.”- Acts 7:6
“In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”- Genesis 15:16
*As a side note, could anyone explain how fourth generation links to 400 years? Thanks.
430 years
“What I mean is this: The Law that came 430 years later does not
revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to cancel the
promise.”- Galatians 3:17“Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.”- Exodus 12:40
Troy Day
The Israelites’ time in Egypt is indeed a subject of discussion. Exodus 12:40 says they lived in Egypt for 430 years, while Genesis 15:13 and Acts 7:6 mention 400 years. Many scholars believe the 430 years covers the patriarchs’ time in both Canaan and Egypt, while the 400 years refers specifically to the period of affliction. So both numbers appear in Scripture, but they describe slightly different aspects of the timeline. @followers
Glynn Brown
Some claim that it was 215 years in Egypt and 215 years in Canaan.
Pentecostal Theology
based on what?