Genesis 47:8

Pharaoh asked Jacob, “How old are you?”

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In The King James Version

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

In Context

7Then Joseph took his father Jacob to meet the king. Jacob blessed the king, he prayed and asked God to do good things for the king and make the king strong.

9And Jacob answered, “Sir, all my life I have moved from place to place, and I have had a lot of troubles in my short life. I am only 130 years old but my father and grandfather lived much longer than that.”

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Cross References

Genesis 47:28Jacob lived in Egypt for 17 years and lived until he was 147 years old.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:2-13

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1706.) 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They… Read the whole commentary →

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