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Exodus 12:37

King James Version (KJV)

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

Translations

Exodus 12:37 - Amplified Bible

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

Exodus 12:37 - American Standard Version

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

Exodus 12:37 - Bible in Basic English

And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.

Exodus 12:37 - Darby Bible

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, besides children.

Exodus 12:37 - English Standard Version

And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

Exodus 12:37 - King James Version

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

Exodus 12:37 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y partieron los hijos de Israel de Ramsés hacia Sucot, unos seiscientos mil hombres de a pie, sin contar los niños.

Exodus 12:37 - The Message

The Israelites moved on from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 on foot, besides their dependents. There was also a crowd of riffraff tagging along, not to mention the large flocks and herds of livestock. They baked unraised cakes with the bread dough they had brought out of Egypt; it hadn’t raised—they’d been rushed out of Egypt and hadn’t time to fix food for the journey.

Exodus 12:37 - New American Standard Bible

Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.

Exodus 12:37 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Los Israelitas salieron de Ramsés hacia Sucot, unos 600,000 hombres de a pie, sin contar los niños.

Exodus 12:37 - World English Bible

The children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.

Exodus 12:37 - Young's Living Translation

And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants;

Exodus 12:37 - Additional Comments

600,000 men would imply about 4 million people or more, including women and children (assuming an average of 5 children per family). The nation of Israel had gone from 70 people (Deut 10:22) 430 years ago (Exo 12:40) to 4 million. They could do this if there were 15 generations and an average of 5 children in a family (each generation lasting between 25-30 years).

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