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Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and had him stand in front of Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors’ years.”

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Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him(A) before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh,(B) Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:7 Or greeted