Genesis 47:9
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9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred thirty; few and hard have been the years of my life. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn.”
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Psalm 39:12
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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
do not hold your peace at my tears.
For I am your passing guest,
an alien, like all my forebears.(A)
Genesis 35:28
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28 Now the days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
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Psalm 39:5
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5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(A)
Job 14:1
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14 “A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,(A)
Joshua 24:29
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Death of Joshua and Eleazar
29 After these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred ten years old.(A)
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Deuteronomy 34:7
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7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired, and his vigor had not abated.(A)
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Exodus 7:7
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7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.(A)
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Exodus 6:4
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4 I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they resided as aliens.(A)
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Genesis 50:26
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26 And Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old; he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
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1 Peter 2:11
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Live as Servants of God
11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A)
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- 2.11 Or one’s life
James 4:14
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14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)
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Hebrews 11:9-16
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9 By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(A) 10 For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.(B) 11 By faith, with Sarah’s involvement, he received power of procreation, even though he was too old, because he considered[a] him faithful who had promised.(C) 12 Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, “as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.”(D)
13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,(E) 14 for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.(F)
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- 11.11 Other ancient authorities read By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered
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