Genesis 47:9
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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.“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
In other translations
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.“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290אֶל־'el-toH413פַּרְעֹהpar'ohPharaohH6547יְמֵיyemei[the] days ofH3117שְׁנֵיshenei[the] years ofH8141מְגוּרַיmeguraisojournings myH4033שְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim[are] thirtyH7970וּמְאַתume'atand one hundredH3967שָׁנָהshanahyear[s]H8141מְעַטme'atfewH4592וְרָעִיםvera'imand displeasingH7451הָיוּhayuthey have beenH1961יְמֵיyemei[the] days ofH3117שְׁנֵיshenei[the] years ofH8141חַיַּיchaiyailife myH2416וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808הִשִּׂיגוּhisiguthey have reachedH5381אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְמֵיyemei[the] days ofH3117שְׁנֵיshenei[the] years ofH8141חַיֵּיchaiyei[the] lives ofH2416אֲבֹתַי'avotaiancestors myH1בִּימֵיbimeiin [the] days ofH3117מְגוּרֵיהֶם׃megureihemsojournings theirH4033
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
- Job 14:1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Psalm 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Genesis 35:28And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.And Isaac lived 180 years.
- Exodus 6:4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
- Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Exodus 7:7And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.
- James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- 1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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People and places
People: Jacob, Pharaoh (Genesis 37)