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Genesis 47:9

What does Genesis 47:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 47:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, `The days of the years of my sojournings <FI>are<Fi> 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.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

v.9This passage

v.10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 6:4

    And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

  • Psalms 89:47

    Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

  • Joshua 24:29

    And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

  • 2 Samuel 19:32

    Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:15

    For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:6

    Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord

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