Genesis 47:28

And Jakob lived in the land of Mizraim seventeen years. And the days of the years of the life of Jakob were a hundred and forty and seven years.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27And Israel dwelt in the land of Mizraim in the land of Goshen, and possessed it: and they increased and multiplied greatly.

29And the days of Israel drew near to die. And he called to his son, to Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I beseech thee, thine hand under my thigh, and deal with me in goodness and truth; nor bury me, I beseech thee, in Mizraim;

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Cross References

Genesis 25:7And these are the days of the years of the life of Abraham that he lived, an hundred and seventy and five years.

Genesis 47:8And Pharoh said to Jakob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:28-31

Jacob's Charge Concerning His Burial. ( b. c. 1706.) 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly… Read the whole commentary →

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