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Genesis 47:9

WEB

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.”

KJV

9And Jacob[+] said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

BSB

9“My travels [+] have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

FBV

9“I have been wandering for 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My life has been short and difficult—I have not lived as long as my forefathers who also wandered from place to place.”

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Extra References

Psalms 39:12

12“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

Genesis 35:28

28The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

Psalms 39:5

5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

Job 14:1

1“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

Exodus 7:7

7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Exodus 6:4

4I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.

Joshua 24:29

29After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.

Deuteronomy 34:7

7Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.

James 4:14

14Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

Genesis 50:26

26So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.