Genesis 47:7-9
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7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and ·introduced him to the king [L he stood before Pharaoh], and Jacob blessed ·the king [L Pharaoh].
8 Then ·the king [L Pharaoh] said to Jacob, “How ·old are you [L many of the days are the years of your life]?”
9 Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent ·wandering from place to place [sojourning; residing as an alien]. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ·ancestors [fathers] ·lived [L wandered; sojourned; lived as an alien] much longer than I.”
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Genesis 47:7-9
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7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him(A) before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh,(B) 8 Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(C) My years have been few and difficult,(D) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(E)”
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