Genesis 47:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

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  • Gen 37:2 : 2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
  • Gen 47:8-9 : 8 And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you? 9 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.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
  • Ps 119:84 : 84 How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?

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    7Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

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    27And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.

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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

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