Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Seventeen

General references

Bible References

Seventeen

Genesis 37:2
These are the family records of Jacob.

At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

The whole age

Genesis 47:8
Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many years have you lived?”
Psalm 90:10
Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
Psalm 119:84
How many days must Your servant wait?
When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

General references

Genesis 35:28
Isaac lived 180 years.

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