Genesis 47:9 — Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Fe… — AMP | maBible
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9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the years that my fathers lived during the days of their pilgrimage.”
Passage themes
A stranger on earth — the days of the years of my pilgrimage
Life is short — few and evil have the days of the years of my life been
The age of the ancestors — have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage
Notes and references
Lit the days of the years of.
Abraham, Jacob’s grandfather, had lived to be a hundred and seventy-five years old; Isaac, Jacob’s father, lived to be a hundred and eighty. Jacob lived seventeen years after making this statement to Pharaoh, in which time he had an opportunity to get a much more optimistic view of God’s treatment…
Events in this chapter
47.27 — Jacob (Israël) bénit sa descendance
Did you know?
Bereshit : « Au commencement » Le mot « Genèse » vient du grec genesis, qui signifie « origine ». En hébreu, le livre s'appelle Bereshit, « Au commencement », son tout premier mot.
About this book
Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph