Genesis 47:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.

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  • Gen 37:2 : 2 This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
  • Gen 47:8-9 : 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.”
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.
  • Ps 119:84 : 84 How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

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  • Gen 47:7-10
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    7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

    8Pharaoh said to Jacob,“How long have you lived?”

    9Jacob 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.”

    10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.

  • Gen 50:22
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    22Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived 110 years.

  • Gen 47:27
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    27Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

  • Acts 7:14-15
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    14So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

    15So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

  • Gen 37:1-2
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    1Joseph’s Dreams But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan.

    2This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

  • Gen 47:29-30
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    29The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

    30but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph said,“I will do as you say.”

  • Gen 50:26
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    26So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

  • Exod 1:5-6
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    5All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,

    6and in time Joseph and his brothers and all that generation died.

  • Gen 35:28
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    28Isaac lived to be 180 years old.

  • Gen 50:3
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    3They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

  • Gen 46:27
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    27Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

  • Gen 45:25-28
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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

    26They told him,“Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

    27But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

    28Then Israel said,“Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

  • Gen 41:46
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    46Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 49:33
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    33When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went to his people.

  • Exod 12:40
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    40Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.

  • Gen 46:30
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    30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

  • Gen 25:7
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    7Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

  • Gen 48:2
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    2When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.