Genesis 47:28

WEB

²⁸Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.

KJV

²⁸And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

BSB

²⁸And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

FBV

²⁸Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, so he lived in total 147 years.

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Extra References

Psalms 90:10

¹⁰The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Psalms 119:84

⁸⁴How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

²This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

Psalms 90:12

¹²So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Genesis 47:8-9

⁸Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”

⁹Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”