Eminent German scholars, who have given much attention to 
this subject, appear to have dismissed Scripture chronology 
altogether from their calculations. We have a notable instance 
of this in what is commonly termed “ the sojourn in Egypt/’ 
I have already shown from both the Old and New Testament, 
and confirmed its accuracy, as far as may be, by Egyptian 
evidence, that from the call of Abraham to the Exode was 
exactly 430 years, of which number the Israelites sojourned in 
Egypt for half that period, or 215 years. Now, of three learned 
Germans, two of whom rank amongst the most eminent Egypt- 
ologers in the world, Lepsius states that “ only ninety years 
intervened from the entrance of Jacob to the Exodus of 
Moses/’ Brugsch affirms that the Israelites were in Egypt 
the whole of the 430 years. Bunsen writes in one place that 
“the duration of the sojourn in Egypt was 1434 years’ 5 ; 
while in another part of the same work he limits the time to 
862 years. Such are the differences amongst eminent scholars 
on the subject of chronology, who refuse to Scripture that 
authority which is so justly its due.* 
CO. Permit me to conclude, while conscious of having done 
but scant justice to the important subject of the “ Harmony 
between the Chronology of Egypt and the Bible,” and fearful 
of having wearied you by the length into which I have been 
unintentionally led, in the words of an ancient author : — 
“ Here will I make an end ; and if I have done well, and as 
is fitting the story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly 
and meanly, it is that which I could attain uuto.”*f 
The Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to the Rev. B. W. Savile for his 
paper, and then, under the pressure of Parliamentary engagements, vacated 
the chair, which was taken by 
Mr. J. E. Howard, F.R.S. — I think we must all feel much indebted 
to Mr. Savile for his elaborate paper. With reference to the sixty-nine 
hebdomads of Daniel, I believe the statements in the paper will be found 
very interesting when they are studied ; but the way in which Mr. Savile has 
brought out that point cannot, I fear, at present, be done full justice to. 
* Lepsius’s Letters from Egypt, p. 475. Histoire d'Egypte , par II. 
Brugsch, p. 80. Bunsen, Egypt's Place in Universal History, iii. 357 ; 
and v. 77. Until German Egyptologers present the world with results 
somewhat more harmonious, we need not feel disquieted by the ridicule 
which Bunsen endeavours to excite against believers in the chronology of 
the Bible, when he says, “ cinige weisc Manner und Knaben England's 
schlau andeuten .” 
f 2 Maccabees xv. 37, 38, 
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