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NET Bible
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."
New American Standard Bible
So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
King James Version
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Holman Bible
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage
International Standard Version
"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."
A Conservative Version
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my father
American Standard Version
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Amplified
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
Bible in Basic English
And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.
Darby Translation
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they do not attain to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojourning.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will say to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning, thirty and a hundred years: little and evil were the days of the years of my life, and they reached not the days of the years of the life of my fathers in their sojournings.
King James 2000
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning [are] one hundred and thirty years. Few and hard have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the lives of my ancestors in the days of their sojourning."
Modern King James verseion
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and I have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages."
New Heart English Bible
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
The Emphasized Bible
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojournings, have been a hundred and thirty years, - Few and evil, have been the days of the years of my life, neither have they attained unto the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.
Webster
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, nor have they attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
World English Bible
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, 'The days of the years of my sojournings are an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.'
Themes
Benedictions » Instances of » By jacob » Upon pharaoh
Egypt » History of israel in » Jacob, &c presented to pharaoh
jacob » Pharaoh receives him, and is blessed by jacob
Life » Lessons of » Pilgrimage, a
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Life brief, figurative allusions to the brevity of
Life » Brief » Life brief, figurative allusions to the brevity of
natural Life » Is compared to » A pilgrimage
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified » jacob
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Pharaoh, in his treatment of jacob and his family
Time » Brevity of » Life brief, figurative allusions to the brevity of
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
שׁנה שׁנה
Shaneh (in pl. only),
שׁנה שׁנה
Shaneh (in pl. only),
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811
Usage: 811
me'ah
Shaneh (in pl. only),
M@`at
Ra`
Yowm
Nasag
Yowm
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 47:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Settles In Goshen
8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How long have you lived?" 9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors." 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
Cross References
Genesis 35:28
Isaac lived to be 180 years old.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
Job 14:1
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.
Psalm 119:19
I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!
Psalm 119:54
Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
James 4:14
You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
Genesis 5:27
The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.
Genesis 11:11
And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24-25
When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
Genesis 25:7-8
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
Genesis 47:28
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob's life were 147 in all.
Genesis 50:26
So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Exodus 6:4
I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.
Exodus 7:7
Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed.
Joshua 24:29
After all this Joshua son of Nun, the Lord's servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.
2 Samuel 19:32-35
But Barzillai was very old -- eighty years old, in fact -- and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.
Job 8:8-9
"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;
Job 42:16-17
After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Psalm 89:47-48
Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
Psalm 90:3-12
You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"
2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord --
Hebrews 11:9-16
By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
Hebrews 13:14
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,