Verse 9

And Jacob{H3290} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}, The days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my pilgrimage{H4033} are an hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years{H8141}: few{H4592} and evil{H7451} have the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my life{H2416} been, and have not attained{H5381}{(H8689)} unto the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of the life{H2416} of my fathers{H1} in the days{H3117} of their pilgrimage{H4033}.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:28 : 28 And the days{H3117} of Isaac{H3327} were an hundred{H3967}{H8141} and fourscore{H8084} years{H8141}.
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made{H5414}{(H8804)} my days{H3117} as an handbreadth{H2947}; and mine age{H2465} is as nothing before thee: verily every{H3605} man{H120} at his best state{H5324}{H8737)} is altogether{H3605} vanity{H1892}. Selah{H5542}.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} my prayer{H8605}, O LORD{H3068}, and give ear{H238}{H8685)} unto my cry{H7775}; hold not thy peace{H2790}{H8799)} at my tears{H1832}: for I am a stranger{H1616} with thee, and a sojourner{H8453}, as all my fathers{H1} were.
  • Ps 119:19 : 19 I am a stranger{H1616} in the earth{H776}: hide{H5641}{(H8686)} not thy commandments{H4687} from me.
  • Ps 119:54 : 54 Thy statutes{H2706} have been my songs{H2158} in the house{H1004} of my pilgrimage{H4033}.
  • Job 14:1 : 1 Man{H120} that is born{H3205}{(H8803)} of a woman{H802} is of few{H7116} days{H3117}, and full{H7649} of trouble{H7267}.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas{G3748} ye know{G1987}{(G5736)} not{G3756} what{G3588} shall be on the morrow{G839}. For{G1063} what{G4169} is your{G5216} life{G2222}? It is{G2076}{(G5748)} even{G1063} a vapour{G822}, that{G4314} appeareth for{G5316}{(G5730)} a little time{G3641}, and{G1161} then{G1899} vanisheth away{G853}{(G5746)}.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dearly beloved{G27}, I beseech{G3870}{(G5719)} you as{G5613} strangers{G3941} and{G2532} pilgrims{G3927}, abstain from{G567}{(G5733)} fleshly{G4559} lusts{G1939}, which{G3748} war{G4754}{(G5731)} against{G2596} the soul{G5590};
  • Job 42:16-17 : 16 After{H310} this lived{H2421}{(H8799)} Job{H347} an hundred{H3967} and forty{H705} years{H8141}, and saw{H7200}{(H8799)} his sons{H1121}, and his sons{H1121}' sons{H1121}, even four{H702} generations{H1755}. 17 So Job{H347} died{H4191}{(H8799)}, being old{H2205} and full{H7649} of days{H3117}.
  • 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 Therefore{G3767}{G2532} we are always{G3842} confident{G2292}{(G5723)}, knowing{G1492}{(G5761)} that{G3754}, whilst we are at home{G1736}{(G5723)} in{G1722} the body{G4983}, we are absent{G1553}{(G5719)} from{G575} the Lord{G2962}:
  • Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith{G4102} he sojourned{G3939}{(G5656)} in{G1519} the land{G1093} of promise{G1860}, as{G5613} in a strange country{G245}, dwelling{G2730}{(G5660)} in{G1722} tabernacles{G4633} with{G3326} Isaac{G2464} and{G2532} Jacob{G2384}, the heirs with him{G4789} of the same{G846} promise{G1860}: 10 For{G1063} he looked for{G1551}{(G5711)} a city{G4172} which hath{G2192}{(G5723)} foundations{G2310}, whose{G3739} builder{G5079} and{G2532} maker{G1217} is God{G2316}. 11 Through faith{G4102} also{G2532} Sara{G4564} herself{G846} received{G2983}{(G5627)} strength{G1411} to{G1519} conceive{G2602} seed{G4690}, and{G2532} was delivered of a child{G5088}{(G5627)} when she was past{G3844} age{G2540}{G2244}, because{G1893} she judged{G2233}{(G5662)} him faithful{G4103} who had promised{G1861}{(G5666)}. 12 Therefore{G1352} sprang there{G1080}{(G5681)} even{G2532} of{G575} one{G1520}, and{G2532} him{G5023} as good as dead{G3499}{(G5772)}, so many as{G2531} the stars{G798} of the sky{G3772} in multitude{G4128}, and{G2532} as{G5616} the sand{G285} which{G3588} is by{G3844} the sea{G2281} shore{G5491} innumerable{G382}. 13 These{G3778} all{G3956} died{G599}{(G5627)} in{G2596} faith{G4102}, not{G3361} having received{G2983}{(G5631)} the promises{G1860}, but{G235} having seen{G1492}{(G5631)} them{G846} afar off{G4207}, and{G2532} were persuaded of{G3982}{(G5685)} them, and{G2532} embraced{G782}{(G5666)} them, and{G2532} confessed{G3670}{(G5660)} that{G3754} they were{G1526}{(G5748)} strangers{G3581} and{G2532} pilgrims{G3927} on{G1909} the earth{G1093}. 14 For{G1063} they that say{G3004}{(G5723)} such things{G5108} declare plainly{G1718}{(G5719)} that{G3754} they seek{G1934}{(G5719)} a country{G3968}. 15 And{G2532} truly{G3303}, if{G1487} they had been mindful{G3421}{(G5707)} of that{G1565} country from{G575} whence{G3739} they came out{G1831}{(G5627)}, they might{G302} have had{G2192}{(G5707)} opportunity{G2540} to have returned{G344}{(G5658)}. 16 But{G1161} now{G3570} they desire{G3713}{(G5734)} a better{G2909} country, that is{G5123}{(G5748)}, an heavenly{G2032}: wherefore{G1352} God{G2316} is{G1870} not{G3756} ashamed{G1870}{(G5736)}{G846} to be called{G1941}{(G5745)} their{G846} God{G2316}: for{G1063} he hath prepared{G2090}{(G5656)} for them{G846} a city{G4172}.
  • Heb 13:14 : 14 For{G1063} here{G5602} have we{G2192}{(G5719)} no{G3756} continuing{G3306}{(G5723)} city{G4172}, but{G235} we seek one{G1934}{(G5719)} to come{G3195}{(G5723)}.
  • Ps 89:47-48 : 47 Remember{H2142}{H8798)} how short{H2465} my time is: wherefore hast thou made{H1254}{H8804)} all men{H1121}{H120} in vain{H7723}? 48 What man{H1397} is he that liveth{H2421}{H8799)}, and shall not see{H7200}{H8799)} death{H4194}? shall he deliver{H4422}{H8762)} his soul{H5315} from the hand{H3027} of the grave{H7585}? Selah{H5542}.
  • Ps 90:3-9 : 3 Thou turnest{H7725}{H8686)} man{H582} to destruction{H1793}; and sayest{H559}{H8799)}, Return{H7725}{H8798)}, ye children{H1121} of men{H120}. 4 For a thousand{H505} years{H8141} in thy sight{H5869} are but as{H3117} yesterday{H865} when it is past{H5674}{H8799)}, and as a watch{H821} in the night{H3915}. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H2229}{H8804)}; they are as a sleep{H8142}: in the morning{H1242} they are like grass{H2682} which groweth up{H2498}{H8799)}. 6 In the morning{H1242} it flourisheth{H6692}{H8686)}, and groweth up{H2498}{H8804)}; in the evening{H6153} it is cut down{H4135}{H8787)}, and withereth{H3001}{H8804)}. 7 For we are consumed{H3615}{H8804)} by thine anger{H639}, and by thy wrath{H2534} are we troubled{H926}{H8738)}. 8 Thou hast set{H7896}{H8804)} our iniquities{H5771} before thee, our secret{H5956}{H8803)} sins in the light{H3974} of thy countenance{H6440}. 9 For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437}{H8804)} in thy wrath{H5678}: we spend{H3615}{H8765)} our years{H8141} as a tale{H1899} that is told. 10 The days{H3117} of our years{H8141} are threescore{H7657} years{H8141} and ten{H7657}; and if by reason of strength{H1369} they be fourscore{H8084} years{H8141}, yet is their strength{H7296} labour{H5999} and sorrow{H205}; for it is soon{H2440} cut off{H1468}{H8804)}, and we fly away{H5774}{H8799)}. 11 Who knoweth{H3045}{H8802)} the power{H5797} of thine anger{H639}? even according to thy fear{H3374}, so is thy wrath{H5678}. 12 So teach{H3045}{H8685)} us to number{H4487}{H8800)} our days{H3117}, that we may apply{H935}{H8686)} our hearts{H3824} unto wisdom{H2451}.
  • Gen 5:27 : 27 And all the days{H3117} of Methuselah{H4968} were nine{H8672} hundred{H3967}{H8141} sixty{H8346} and nine{H8672} years{H8141}: and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}.
  • Gen 11:11 : 11 And Shem{H8035} lived{H2421}{(H8799)} after{H310} he begat{H3205}{(H8687)} Arphaxad{H775} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} years{H8141}, and begat{H3205}{(H8686)} sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323}.
  • Gen 11:24-25 : 24 And Nahor{H5152} lived{H2421}{(H8799)} nine{H8672} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141}, and begat{H3205}{(H8686)} Terah{H8646}: 25 And Nahor{H5152} lived{H2421}{(H8799)} after{H310} he begat{H3205}{(H8687)} Terah{H8646} an hundred{H3967}{H8141} and nineteen{H6240}{H8672} years{H8141}, and begat{H3205}{(H8686)} sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323}.
  • Gen 25:7-8 : 7 And these are the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of Abraham's{H85} life{H2416} which he lived{H2425}{(H8804)}, an hundred{H3967}{H8141} threescore and fifteen{H7657}{H8141}{H2568} years{H8141}. 8 Then Abraham{H85} gave up the ghost{H1478}{(H8799)}, and died{H4191}{(H8799)} in a good{H2896} old age{H7872}, an old man{H2205}, and full{H7649} of years; and was gathered{H622}{(H8735)} to his people{H5971}.
  • Gen 47:28 : 28 And Jacob{H3290} lived{H2421}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} seventeen{H6240}{H7651} years{H8141}: so the whole age{H2416}{H3117} of Jacob{H3290} was an hundred{H3967} forty{H705}{H8141} and seven{H7651} years{H8141}.
  • Gen 50:26 : 26 So Joseph{H3130} died{H4191}{(H8799)}, being an hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} years{H8141} old{H1121}: and they embalmed{H2590}{(H8799)} him, and he was put{H3455}{(H8799)} in a coffin{H727} in Egypt{H4714}.
  • Exod 6:4 : 4 And I have also established{H6965}{(H8689)} my covenant{H1285} with them, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} them the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, the land{H776} of their pilgrimage{H4033}, wherein they were strangers{H1481}{(H8804)}.
  • Exod 7:7 : 7 And Moses{H4872} was fourscore{H8084} years{H8141} old{H1121}, and Aaron{H175} fourscore{H8084} and three{H7969} years{H8141} old{H1121}, when they spake{H1696}{(H8763)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}.
  • Deut 34:7 : 7 And Moses{H4872} was an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he died{H4194}: his eye{H5869} was not dim{H3543}{(H8804)}, nor his natural force{H3893} abated{H5127}{(H8804)}.
  • Josh 24:29 : 29 And it came to pass after{H310} these things{H1697}, that Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126}, the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068}, died{H4191}{(H8799)}, being an hundred{H3967} and ten{H6235} years{H8141} old{H1121}.
  • 2 Sam 19:32-35 : 32 Now Barzillai{H1271} was a very{H3966} aged{H2204}{(H8804)} man, even fourscore{H8084} years{H8141} old{H1121}: and he had provided the king{H4428} of sustenance{H3557}{(H8773)} while he lay{H7871} at Mahanaim{H4266}; for he was a very{H3966} great{H1419} man{H376}. 33 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Barzillai{H1271}, Come thou over{H5674}{(H8798)} with me, and I will feed{H3557}{(H8773)} thee with me in Jerusalem{H3389}. 34 And Barzillai{H1271} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, How long{H3117} have I to live{H8141}{H2416}, that I should go up{H5927}{(H8799)} with the king{H4428} unto Jerusalem{H3389}? 35 I am this day{H3117} fourscore{H8084} years{H8141} old{H1121}: and can I discern{H3045}{(H8799)} between good{H2896} and evil{H7451}? can thy servant{H5650} taste{H2938}{(H8799)} what{H834} I eat{H398}{(H8799)} or what{H834} I drink{H8354}{(H8799)}? can I hear{H8085}{(H8799)} any more the voice{H6963} of singing men{H7891}{(H8802)} and singing women{H7891}{(H8802)}? wherefore then should thy servant{H5650} be yet a burden{H4853} unto my lord{H113} the king{H4428}?
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers{H1616} before{H6440} thee, and sojourners{H8453}, as were all our fathers{H1}: our days{H3117} on the earth{H776} are as a shadow{H6738}, and there is none abiding{H4723}.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 For enquire{H7592}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, of the former{H7223}{(H8675)}{H7223} age{H1755}, and prepare{H3559}{(H8786)} thyself to the search{H2714} of their fathers{H1}: 9 (For we are but of yesterday{H8543}, and know{H3045}{(H8799)} nothing, because our days{H3117} upon earth{H776} are a shadow{H6738}:)