The Pentateuch: Interpreting Biblical Texts Series (Intepreting Biblical Texts)

by Terence E. Fretheim

the Hebrew Bible counts 1,946 years from the creation to the birth of Abraham (Gen 11:26); 2,666 years to the Exodus (is it important that this is 2/3 of 4,000?), and 40 more years to the death of Moses, for a total of 2,706 years.13