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 shepherding the flock with his brothers. Now he [was] a helper with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.
The whole age
Genesis 47:8
Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, "{How old are you}?"
Psalm 90:10
As for the days of our years, within them [are] seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride [is] trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly [away].
Psalm 119:84
How many [are] the days of your servant? When will you execute justice against those who persecute me?
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Genesis 35:28
Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.