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
The whole age
General references
Bible References
Seventeen
Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.
The whole age
Genesis 47:8
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
Psalm 90:10
The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Psalm 119:84
How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?
General references
Genesis 35:28
Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.