Genesis 47:8

Pharaoh asked him, “So how long have you lived?”

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In The King James Version

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

In Context

7Then Joseph went with his father Jacob and introduced him to Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,

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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Cross References

Genesis 47:28Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, so he lived in total 147 years.

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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