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From that last, Ussher assumed that the 430-year sojourn must have begun ''when Abraham entered [[Canaan]] for the first time.'' His modern critics and opponents observe that Ussher had no definite warrant for assuming that the "making of the promises" necessarily took place at the dramatic covenant ceremony referenced in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=15}}. Furthermore, Stephen, the [[New Testament]] source cited earlier, reiterates that [[God]] told Abraham that his people would suffer for ''four hundred years.''<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Acts|chap=7|verses=6}}</ref> | From that last, Ussher assumed that the 430-year sojourn must have begun ''when Abraham entered [[Canaan]] for the first time.'' His modern critics and opponents observe that Ussher had no definite warrant for assuming that the "making of the promises" necessarily took place at the dramatic covenant ceremony referenced in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=15}}. Furthermore, Stephen, the [[New Testament]] source cited earlier, reiterates that [[God]] told Abraham that his people would suffer for ''four hundred years.''<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Acts|chap=7|verses=6}}</ref> | ||
Please consider the discussion article, entitled [[Biblical_chronology_dispute#Israel_in_Egypt_and_exponential_growth|Israel in Egypt]] for more information. | |||
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The [[Septuagint]], for reasons lost in antiquity and probably known only to the original Seventy Interpreters, quotes {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=12|verses=40}} as saying, "who dwelt in Egypt ''and Canaan''" (emphasis added). Yet most Ussherites are loath to cite this as a ground for their dating of the sojourn, because Ussher himself distrusted the Septuagint and used the [[Masoretic Text]] instead. If an Ussherite were, therefore, to try to stand on the Septuagint's rendition of this verse, they would have committed a [[logical fallacy]] closely akin to [[special pleading]]. | The [[Septuagint]], for reasons lost in antiquity and probably known only to the original Seventy Interpreters, quotes {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=12|verses=40}} as saying, "who dwelt in Egypt ''and Canaan''" (emphasis added). Yet most Ussherites are loath to cite this as a ground for their dating of the sojourn, because Ussher himself distrusted the Septuagint and used the [[Masoretic Text]] instead. If an Ussherite were, therefore, to try to stand on the Septuagint's rendition of this verse, they would have committed a [[logical fallacy]] closely akin to [[special pleading]]. | ||
