Joseph then brought his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many years have you lived?”[a]

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage(A) has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard,(B) and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:8 Lit many are the days of the years

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