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
This is the story of Jacob and his descendants. Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing.
The whole age
Genesis 47:8
The king asked him: How old are you?
Psalm 90:10
The days of our lives are seventy or eighty years if we are in good health. But the best of them bring trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Psalm 119:84
How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
General references
Genesis 35:28
Isaac was one hundred and eighty years old.