[612] Generally only two or three. The longest genealogy is that of Joshua: Ephraim, Beriah, Rephah, Telah, Tahan, Laadan, Ammihud, Elishama, Nun (1 Chron. vii. 20 ff; cf. Numb. xxvi. 35; vii. 48; x. 22), from which, if it were to be regarded as certain (Ewald, "Gesch. Israel's," 1, 490, thinks that it is certain), it would follow that the Hebrews were over 200 years in Egypt, assuming 25 years as the length of a generation.
[613] 1 Kings vi. 1.
[614] Lepsius, "Chronolog." s. 365. On the possible twelve representatives of those twelve generations, Nöldeke, "Untersuchungen," s. 190.
[615] Exod. i. 11; Gen. xlvii. 11.
[616] Exod. v. 6-11.
[617] Exod. i. 7, 13, 14.
[618] Chabas, "Mélang. égypt." pp. 2, 42 ff. That lutu means "Egyptians," as Ebers ("Ægypt." s. 96) thinks, is by no means certain.
[619] Ebers, "Durch Gosen." p. 494.
[620] Lauth, "Moses," s. 1.
[621] Exod. i. 10.