Rest in heaven david . Thank you for leaving these teachings for us before you left. I'm so thankful these teachings have really helped me understand the Bible better than I could before.
@kingdomvoice48294 жыл бұрын
I listen to the Bible everyday on my phone and tablet. After l complete a book, l will listen to Bro. Pawson's class on it. This has changed my understanding of God's Word as l am now able to understand fully what is happening and why. I highly recommend that you listen to these classes as you read your Bible. It will make the Bible come alive for you!
@kingdomvoice48293 жыл бұрын
@@nervousordo lf you have accepted Jesus the Christ as your Lord, then God is now your Father and every other person who has accepted Jesus as Lord becomes your brother or sister in Christ.
@GallifreyanCat2 жыл бұрын
"But we should be careful not to call someone brother whose actions show they do not live according to God's law" The Bible says the opposite of that time and time again, especially the Gospels. As a fellow Catholic you should know that. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ, and while you can and should do your best to guide people away from sin, they do not stop being our brothers and sisters because they've sinned. You are a sinner too. Careful not to fall into the sin of pride, one of the most dangerous ones
@raymondyazzie3174 Жыл бұрын
😅😅😅 10:23 😅😅😅😅😅
@shaikharsynteng5452 Жыл бұрын
😊
@davideberly876210 ай бұрын
David David is qt qt q 4:05
@isaacjohn9985 Жыл бұрын
One of the best Bible teachings I seen. Your teachings will impact many many lives.
@jeanlbradford984 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for presenting Sir David Pawson to the public. We desperately need the information and understanding of God's word. These lessons are clear and informative and much needed in this present culture. My perspective of God's word is more than invaluable. It is the best bible teaching I've had from church bible studies, we are not taught this thoroughly. Even most Pastors don't preach as effectively as this. I am truly appreciative of the information.
@unbelievable-4u Жыл бұрын
Love how this man talks and how he makes these information sessions so interesting. Originally tuned in about Leviticus and within 2 minutes, I was hooked. He was filled with the Holy Spirit to be able to speak and teach so well like this.
@megs53954 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace David Pawson :( thanks for being such an incredible teacher. You changed my life
@debbiepaenga41673 жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏
@debbiepaenga41673 жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏
@lisaoneill37752 жыл бұрын
I agree! Amen!
@kajayi5326 Жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏
@vilhoukholiebao75352 жыл бұрын
One of the best bible teacher of our time... Loving it from nagaland India.. I know he is no more with us... But his teaching are treasure for all and many to more to come....
@thandikuzvinzwa28383 жыл бұрын
One of my best bible teachers!
@ernieenesi4483 жыл бұрын
So articulate and wise, thank you Pastor Pawson for the message...R.I.P. Sir.
@inakruger47285 жыл бұрын
I love the teachings of you Ps David Pawson. God bless.
@amblimol3 жыл бұрын
A great man of God!!
@glandermakuvire9519 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for these teachings
@revalationrevaltion92912 ай бұрын
I miss this brother big time buetifull heart soul mind ❤
@ReMadeMind3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the knowledge you have provided for us. Hopefully many generations have the opportunity to be blessed by it. I know your reward in Heaven will be great.
@thuhongphuong3 жыл бұрын
thanks Pastor Pawson. You help me a lot! God be with you!
@ltobva8 ай бұрын
Love his teaching. Nehemia Gordon has proved that it is Jehovah
@jackieann54948 жыл бұрын
Such a blessing to my soul !
@monoman40837 жыл бұрын
Great clarity and insight...
@narumughai48037 жыл бұрын
Dear Sir, I'm so glad the stella of King Ahmose has been flind by archeologists and confirmed to be that of the pharoah in the times of Moses. Records of plagues and the red sea crossing and the people of isreal are found in his stella. Now it confirms the sequence of events written by Moses to be very much real. God bless you Mr. Pawson
@Scripture-Man6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing that. :)
@abashedsanctimony1544 жыл бұрын
In addition, Merneptah stelle speaks of conquer of the Canaan people. Or Israel
@Tribulatoryfighter9 жыл бұрын
MAY everyone enjoy your reflections of the Bible! I desire more everytime I watch one of your videos! Just not enough time in the day! Bless you!
@povoq835 жыл бұрын
speed up the video. I'm watching at speed 2x
@philipbuckley7593 жыл бұрын
@@povoq83 another version, of speed reading......
@paulomondi8795Ай бұрын
One of my teachers in the bible
@fredlui39006 жыл бұрын
Love it
@devstev3808 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Tks Sir
@truewitness68407 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, chariot wheels (and axles) have been found at the bottom of the Red Sea. And I think it was King Solomon that erected some sort of pillar at each side of the Red Sea, where the crossing happened. These have also been found.
@skeeterburke4 жыл бұрын
Have you watched Patterns of Evidence by Tim Mahoney? Mr. Pawson did very well with the information available at his time. But if you watch Patterns of Evidence (free with ads on Tubi), you come to a different conclusion about the pharaoh of the Exodus. He was close! I agree with Mr. Mahoney, Ramses was not the pharaoh of the Exodus I think it's very encouraging that Yah keeps providing evidence to keep us going. Definitely good for witnessing to skeptics/ agnostics
@philipbuckley7593 жыл бұрын
the point,of no return....in the hardening, of Pharoahs heart......a sobering thought....
@emilyturner22665 жыл бұрын
He didn't say that the other Pharoah in 15th century called tutmose (or however you spell it) means brother of moses
@ltobva8 ай бұрын
Also, Ron Wyatt found the place where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea. Divers have found objects in the water and also Solomon put up columns on either side of the sea.
@grantbartley4834 жыл бұрын
Cleopatra's needle is the oldest public monument in London, going back to about 2000 BC. It's by Waterloo bridge. The Sphinxes placed there by the architects are facing the wrong way.
@TruthSetFree-zm1ep3 жыл бұрын
No coincidence there-not only is it facing the wrong way-but also it speaks of who “they” worship.
@justinchamberlain3443 Жыл бұрын
9:45 "they were set free for service. And the NT is exactly the same" 12:20 Gods goal was to live among them 33:01 the plagues got worse as refused to respond to the warnings!! 35:01 speaks of calvinist predestination as a type of bingo game; exactly right *such an excellent breakdown of the hardening of pharoahs heart* 35:25 10 times pharoachs heart was hardened but the first 7 times pharoah hardened his own heart.
@DavidPawsonMinistry Жыл бұрын
Its interesting - Gods Goal was to live among them " Since the beginning of creation God wanted to "live among them" - in the Garden he would roam .......before the fall From time of Moses he instructed his people to build a tent to "live amongst them" a temporary structure that was mobile David built a Temple but that was not Gods wish He not want a fixed home - he wanted a "mobile" that would move with his people In world where we have built ornate temples and cathedrals, decorated in statues, paintings and images - at Jesus death the curtain was torn in 2, from top to bottom , and Gods presence left the Temple never to return ......to dwell among them through the presence of His Holy Spirt ....how do we continue to get it so wrong ?
@Scripture-Man6 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video! :) Mr Pawson is by far my favourite Bible teacher and I generally agree with everything he teaches. However, this video raises my biggest point of disagreement with him: his denial of God's sovereign election and predestination. I simply cannot agree with that. He claims that Pharaoh hardened his own heart "seven times" before God finally hardened it. That is simply not true. All the way back when God first called Moses from the Burning Bush, Moses was told that God would harden Pharaoh's heart. The Scripture went on to affirm this *ten times* in Exodus (4:21, 7:3, 9:12, 10:1, 10:20, 10:27 11:10, 14:14, 14:18, 14:17). There is simply no reason to deny God's sovereign election. The Bible says that God hardened Pharaoh's heart, so why do Armenianists feel they need to argue with this? Don't they believe God is powerful enough to be in full control of human destiny? Mr Pawson says: "The kind of God that sometimes is preached is a God who just picks names out of a hat, and decides to save some and send others to hell, and hardens some and softens some. It's as if it was a bingo game." Certainly not! It's not just "names out of a hat", the Bible gives us _many_ criteria for being chosen by God: To start with, those who fear Him, the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the peacemakers. Above all, God chooses to save the people HE LOVES. As the Scripture says: Romans 9:15 "For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion." For the record, I must point out that I am *not* a Calvinist. Calvinism is a very evil and dangerous theological system which belongs to Satan, and I wholeheartedly reject it. Yes, Calvinists happen to believe in God's sovereignty, but that doesn't mean all of what they teach is true. They teach many dangerous lies, especially the lies of passive salvation without works, and eternal security. One of Satan's biggest deceptions is getting people to think they need to either believe in Armenianism or Calvinism, when in fact _neither_ are found in the Bible.
@vanessanair72022 жыл бұрын
Your comment is dated 3 yes ago. But i feel led to reply to you... You are right... GOD did tell Moses that He would harden Pharaoh's heart... And that because He knew the future that Pharoah would be hardening his heart for the first few times a sign of his pride, resistance and self importance that led him to put himself on the level of God... I'd say that Pharaoh's response led to God's eventual judgement of him in the form of God hardening his heart... Even his own magicians understood and told him that this was an act of God (Exodus 8:19)... But Pharoah hardened his heart towards the truth of He who is God. Having said this... GOD IS RIGHTEOUS. Yes He can do whatever He pleases but I believe with my whole heart only by the grace and mercy of God that when God acts in judgement of anyone or anything, HE cannot help but be righteous and act righteously... Because that is who OUR GOD LORD IS. Righteous for His own name sake. So even if the Father says I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy you can rest assured that His decisions are based on His righteous wisdom.
@michaelporter33472 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@danielpenn17343 жыл бұрын
As far as the place for the crossing, they found the rims of the chariots under the water. I forget where. But it was found
@BrassyTack7 жыл бұрын
Insightful lesson, as always. Full disclosure, I also reject Calvinistic predestination. One small correction: The Bible specifies the LORD hardened Pharaoah's heart on FOUR (not 3) of the plagues, namely #6 (boils, 9:12), #8 (locusts, 10:20), #9 (darkness, 10:27) and #10 (Firstborn, 11:10). Also, 7:3 says it would be the LORD to harden Pharaoh's heart. "Exodus 7:1-3 7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. 2 You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt,"
@Scripture-Man6 жыл бұрын
I love Mr Pawson, but what he said about hardening Pharaoh's heart is quite untrue. God told Moses he would harden Pharaoh's heart right from the beginning - at the burning bush - this is repeated *ten times* in Exodus (4:21, 7:3, 9:12, 10:1, 10:20, 10:27 11:10, 14:14, 14:18, 14:17). Yes, Calvinism is certainly wrong, but that doesn't mean that predestination and election are wrong. Predestination and election are clearly taught by the Bible. I don't see any reason to doubt them whatsoever. For years, Satan has been trying to convince people that you have to choose either Armenianism or Calvinism - one of the other! But that's totally untrue! They are both very wrong. (Though Calvinism is certainly the more dangerous of the two as it denies that salvation is dependent upon faith and works.) The Lord has led me to create a series of videos on the errors of Armenianism and Calvinism, which I hope to be uploading to my channel in the near future, so please subscribe if you're interested. Thank you :)
@uptownlife425 жыл бұрын
@@Scripture-Man You should listen to chuck Missler. He explains they both are right ...and wrong. Very insightful
@georgeajieren80482 жыл бұрын
@@Scripture-Man your comments on calvanism is untrue sir. I suggest you do a research on the truth and claims of calvinistic line of thought to be sure.
@annamathew38653 жыл бұрын
Amen
@mechaishida75882 жыл бұрын
I haven't verified the information myself, not yet anyway, but according to at least two prominent Seventh Day Adventist historians, the Pharoah of the Exodus was Tutmoses III. Not Rameses II. Can anyone shed light on this?
@twigglyfiggly34293 жыл бұрын
I’m missing why he’s insisting a ram was used and not a lamb. Is there something going on with the translation? Everything else I look into describes it as a lamb.
@carolineconley60103 жыл бұрын
Sometimes men, regardless of how good a teacher make assumptions and give their personal opinion, Mr pawson said himself back in the day, "take what you need of the meat (scriptural food) and spit out the bones (man's sometimes misinterpreted opinion), I hope this helps you.
@michelleninkovic80662 жыл бұрын
Exodus 12:5
@twigglyfiggly34292 жыл бұрын
@@michelleninkovic8066 I see the word lamb there too
@arrow2harrow Жыл бұрын
As a farmer he knows that a 1 year old lamb is no longer a little fluffy thing, but a full grown animal - hence he called it a ram.
@twigglyfiggly3429 Жыл бұрын
Then lambs and rams are different things. Also, hi 2-year-old comment@@arrow2harrow
@iamtheteapot74053 жыл бұрын
It was actually 2 walls of water. One on the left and one on the right. It mentions it twice.
@philipbuckley7593 жыл бұрын
attention, to detail...very good...
@justinchamberlain3443 Жыл бұрын
9:01 there was a wedding @ Sinai 16:50 2.5 million 5 abreast column would be 110 miles long which would mean it would take months to pass! 18:55 brings up abu simbel as an example of ramese in might/power which of course it is. But the God of shepherds conquered the might of the world 27:01 "moses like joseph was brought up in court" 28:01 God got moses ready by spending 40 yrs in the same desert/wilderness that He would lead the Israelites through 29:55 moses' 5 excuses 33:01 this was a context between gods *34:30** "God harden pharoachs heart" + rom 9; such an absolutely tremendous point-10 times his heart was hardened but the first 7 pharaoh hardened his own heart! Just like rom 1 "God gave them over to a reprobate mind"; Wonderful!*
@DavidPawsonMinistry Жыл бұрын
Really? - on what basis do you make your calculation ? - 5 abreast would mean 500,000 rows? - lets assume each row is 1M .. (you can make it 2 if you like ) - 500,000 rows means 500,000metres, which is 500 Km? - walking at 5km p hr, it would take 100 hrs would it not? Days yes .........but not weeks and not months
@justinchamberlain3443 Жыл бұрын
I just quoted what he said lol did you listen to it? Perhaps you disagree but thank you for posting these remarkable teachings! I have a great respect and love for Mr pawson-he was truly an incredible man. Thanks again But your calculations do seem to be exactly accurate so I appreciate you double checking on that
@DavidPawsonMinistry Жыл бұрын
@@justinchamberlain3443 Amen 👍
@justinchamberlain3443 Жыл бұрын
36:01 "if that's what you really want then I'll give you a push"
@thomgarza3 жыл бұрын
The NAME was buried away by centuries of Rabbinic manipulation but has been once again revealed by the Work of Nehemiah Gordon along with a handful of men who have endeavored to BREAK the perverse grip that Rabbinic Judaism has had on this issue. Since discovering hundreds of manuscripts and archeological sites whereby the vowel points ( Hebrew language ) were NOT omitted by the Scribe, we once again, have the correct pronunciation, '" Yehovah ". I refer the reader to Nehemiah Gordon's, a Kairite Jew, website ; Makor Hebrew Foundation.
@philipbuckley7593 жыл бұрын
redeemed first.....law second....quit an expression.....could be a game changer....
@black-cross7 ай бұрын
The Ipuwer Papyrus is a book outside the bible made by an Egyptian retelling the 10 plagues. Look it up
@philipbuckley7593 жыл бұрын
last time he said....being.....what is that all about....the term is said to be translated....I am.....
@commonscience40255 жыл бұрын
How did former slaves get all that gold and silver in the desert, for their ark and tabernacle?
@derlamtay5 жыл бұрын
Remember when the Pharoah let them leave with gold and silver. Every person was loaded down when they left.
@abashedsanctimony1544 жыл бұрын
Pharoah paid hebrews to never return with plagues not their God. Egypt has been cursed since that time
@graceyow33922 жыл бұрын
8:27 obedience to the law of god is to show gratitude. but the law itself is a guide for man how to live life abundantly as it is living the life according to the wisdom of god the creator of the universe by the word of his mouth.
@philipbuckley7593 жыл бұрын
here we go, again....lamb, ram.....figure it out....after all who are we, to translate this text.....
@michelleninkovic80662 жыл бұрын
Exodus 12:5
@thomasLivesInANewCountryNow8 ай бұрын
Wrong. It's ex and οδός second word being street or road and thus out road.
@cozmikhugs3655Ай бұрын
I'm sorry but, Moses talks with God. God revealed to him the his-story of mankind. 1. Why would he go around asking man, who is fallible? 2. The people living in Egypt had forgotten how to worship God. They had started mixing it with paganism. It is the WHOLE reason that God gave Moses the laws again to give to the people. So they would know how to worship him AND what are acceptable behaviors.
@abby9994 ай бұрын
i gotta be honest. i love david pawson and i’m quite sure he’s with Jesus in heaven at this very moment. and his teachings have been so incredibly helpful in my walk with Christ!!! however, i’m wondering if anyone else has noticed - it seems to me that he had this tendency of getting worked up emotionally over some things and occasionally leaned too hard into his points, sometimes even saying things that don’t quite make sense. i want to emphasize this is not the worst thing!! he has taught me such much truth of the word of God!!! yet at the same time, i did a double take at 38:49 when he said that. pretty sure that’s just not true. again, i want to emphasize he’s a wonderful bible teacher. i only want to point out that he was human and prone to mistakes and drama at times.
@abby9994 ай бұрын
it’s really not that deep i just want to avoid idolizing him.
@DavidPawsonMinistry4 ай бұрын
@@abby999 As David grew older he became more emotional and that is something Ive experienced in my own life as a man At aged 50 I showed no emotions but having turned 60, I can echo Davids experience an dmy emotions are much more difficult to control ...In these videos David was appraching 70 years of age What David says at 38:49 is important. The Biblical sacrificial lamb was a lamb 1 year old Ram lambs - Ram Lambs are capable of impregnating a Ewe from as young as 3 months of age - so a 1 year old lamb is not a cuddly new born but a fully mature Ram with hornes and quite a hand full David does say that it is the equivalent of a 30 year old man and agreed this point can be debated but if we say some male humans start pubity as early as 10/12 years of age, then when compared to a Ram Lamb a 1 year old Lamb is the equivalent of a "mature man" not a teenager - the reference to a 30 year old man is subjective and yes debateable but the imporant point David is making to illustrates the point - we have this vision of a cuddley new born lamb - but a sactrificial lamb is far from a cuddly new born babe - its a mature Animal with hornes and quite a hand full. A 1 year old Lamb is the equivalent of a mature man (25 - 30 years of age). David was not perfect and he did not have the answer to 'all' questions but I have not met anyone yet who knew their Bibles as well as David - the result of more than 50 years of study when these videos were made
@abby999Ай бұрын
@@DavidPawsonMinistry i totally agree with what you said about emotions changing as we grow older and i see your point about the ram. also yeah same i have yet to learn from another bible teacher who understood jesus’ love for us and the bible like david did
@pete467010 ай бұрын
I wish he adressed Mt Horeb and Deuteronomy. Ex 3:1-3- moses was on mt Horeb to see the burning bush. Ex 3:12 - God promises to meet Moses on Mt. Horeb. God never said anything about Mt Sinai. Mt Horeb, is the discourse of Deuteronomy. Deut contains the ark Moses made, the ark David and the other kings had in the 1st temple. This ark does not contain the omer of manna, nor Aarons staff. Deuteronomy most closely resembles the instructions of God to the prophets and his judgments.
@nelsongeorge98943 жыл бұрын
Sir, sorry to remaind you ,the 3rd COMMAND,and when Moses asked ,GOD ALMIGHTY'S NAME , Exodus 3-- 13:14, " I AM THAT I AM". Simple logic will anybody dare to call ,"an EMPERORS " name ?? Sir only for arguments sake you can argue .Why the flesh and blood insists to give ALMIGHTY a name ? Satan wants to insult , maximum and ,we fools unknowingly break the 3rd Law of God ,and reamin in SIN (1 John 3 : 4).
@warrenpeterson60653 жыл бұрын
I encourage all to reread the story of Exodus ... God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, and Israelites etal. This story shows exactly how incompetent God handled a situation he created. Now remember the Israelite slaves did not call upon God to save them ... He required Moses to tell them who God was and show them how powerful he was ... So God stuck his nose into their lives unsolicited. God delivered 10 successive plagues on Egyptian society with Pharaoh duping him with each plague. As well the plagues harmed the Israelites far more than they hurt the Egyptians ... as they had an extensive underground network of cisterns (water), secure stores (grains), medical services (doctors & medicines). I am sure Pharaoh did not share these resources with the slaves! So how many slaves did God's actions kill and how many were weakened to near death before a journey of 355 miles across the Red Sea to be conducted within 24 hours. And Oh By The Way ... the Red Sea is a very deep gorge of 9,000 feet. So these weakened slaves have to climb down a mountain of 9,000 feet, hike 355 miles, and climb up a mountain of 9,000 feet ... nope ... this was a huge failure of God.
@DavidPawsonMinistry3 жыл бұрын
Warren what has God done to you that you would hate him so much? I agree with you on one thing - everyone should re read Exodus ...again and again Exactly how many Jews were killed by Gods actions? Does the book of Exodus say any Isrealites died ? Exod 12:13 tells us that God told the Israelites to paint their doorposts with blood so that the Angel of Death would pass over them....and they would not be killed The God of Abraham, Isaac and Joseph, who sent the plagues was more than able to protect HIS people from these plagues ... Where does it say in Exodus they climbed a mountain of 9000 feet in crossing the Red Sea ?? You are correct the Red Sea has a maximum depth of 9000ft but the average is 1600 ft and thats 'the average', which means there are places where is no where near as deep - perhaps the God, who created the Red Sea, was more than able to know the best point to cross ? What I can say is that the whole event was so miraculous these slaves ....and their decedents ......'celebrate' the Exodus every year to this day and praise the God of Abraham for what he did to save them .....they do not see this as a failure of God , neither do I.
@warrenpeterson60653 жыл бұрын
Dear Mr. Pawson, you use the words "Where does it say in Exodus ..." well then using that same theme 1) Where does it say in Exodus that the Israelites were not negatively affected or protected by God's plagues? ... 2) Where does it say in Exodus that God provided potable water to Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites or 3) Provided them with food when Locusts ate the crops or 4) Protected them from boils or 5) Fed the Israelites when all feed stock was killed .... The Red Sea being a deep gorge of 9,000 feet is a geological fact so ... yes they had to climb down and back up the other side or else they had to hike hundreds of miles north 6) Where does Exodus explain this last issue? 7) Where does it say in Exodus that God directed Moses re crossing the Red Sea, 7) Where does Exodus say that all Israelites survived the crossing? Mr. Pawson, you choose to apply the word of the bible when it is beneficial but then apply your faith based interpretation when the words are not beneficial to your position. That is why I stated ... "I encourage all to reread the story of Exodus".
@warrenpeterson60653 жыл бұрын
@@DavidPawsonMinistry Dear Mr. Pawson, would you like to discuss God adding just over 30,000 feet of water to earth so that all land is covered during his great flood where God killed almost all of his faithful followers ... all of his children created in his image ... the innocents? FYI: 30,000 feet of water is equivalent to the height of Mt. Everest. Do you know how much 30,000 feet of water times a circumference of 25,000 miles actually weighs or know what that amount of weight being added to the planet in such a very short time frame would do to gravity, planetary spin, oxygen levels, solar rotation, etc.?
@kairoskronos91396 жыл бұрын
This guy doesn’t seem to realize that the slavery period was not 400yrs. The Israelites were not in bondage until a new Pharaoh came to Power, AFTER the death of Joseph and all his generation, who did not know of Joseph or his exploits in favour of Egypt. They were NOT slaves in the time of Joseph, therefor the slavery could not have been 400yrs. Read your scriptures before lecturing.
@uptownlife425 жыл бұрын
They spent 430 yrs in Eygpt. 30 in peace 400 in slavery
@catalinalong52835 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't want to try and argue the point with this man.I think he knows more about it that we do.If he says 400 years he must have good reason to believe thats true.
@desr2785 жыл бұрын
Try watching the whole lecture series.
@alanmunch57792 жыл бұрын
I have found this discussed in several books. There is evidence that it was 215 years of sojourning in the land, after the promises were given to Abraham , and then 215 years in Egypt - making the total of 430 years in Exodus 12:40-41 and Galatian 3:17. The often quoted "400 years in Egypt" is then a misunderstanding, based largely on Genesis 15:13 which is ambiguous, and the 400 years there covers all the history in that verse (starting with Isaac, the seed), not just the last phrase. Just adding up the ages of people gets to the 215 years - the Bible gives sufficient info in various places to calculate this period; and Josephus says it was ~215 years, suggesting that is how the Jews understood it. This view is also confirmed by knowing there were four generations of Jews who were in Egypt (Genesis 15:16), otherwise the story of Joseph's family doesn't make sense. It can be worked out that Joseph was in Egypt for 71 years before he died, after which the Jews were brought into bondage in Egypt, i.e. for up to 144 years. The usual view of "400 years in Egypt" means several generations must be missed out of some Bible genealogies. (This understanding of only 215 years in Egypt explains one conundrum, but actually introduces another re. the huge number of people who left Egypt! There is a possible explanation for this based on the language used, which I've only seen explained in one book).