Genesis 47:9

And he answeride, The daies of pilgrymage of my lijf, ben feewe and yuele, of an hundrid and thretti yeer, and tho `camen not til to the daies of my fadris, in whiche thei weren pilgryms.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

8and he was axid of the king, Hou many ben the daies of the yeeris of thi lijf?

10And whanne he hadde blessid the kyng, he yede out.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:27And alle the daies of Matusale weren maad nyn hundrid and nyn and sixti yeer, and he was deed.

Genesis 11:24Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti yeer, and gendride Thare;

Genesis 35:28And the daies of Isaac weren fillid an hundrid and foure scoore of yeris;

Exodus 7:7Forsothe Moyses was of fourescoor yeer, and Aaron was of fourescoor yeer and thre, whanne thei spaken to Farao.

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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