Genesis 47:8

Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?”

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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

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7Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and presented him to Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

9Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my travels are a hundred and thirty. The years of my life have been few and painful. They have not been as long as those of my ancestors.”

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Cross References

Genesis 47:28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, so the years of Jacob's life were one hundred forty-seven 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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