Genesis 47:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 Jacob answered Pharaoh, “One hundred and thirty are the years of my sojourning. Few and sad are the years of my life, and I have not reached the number of years that my fathers lived in their life journey.” 10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and withdrew from his presence.
11 Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them property in Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the territory of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
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Genesis 47:9-11
New King James Version
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, (A)“The days of the years of my [a]pilgrimage are (B)one hundred and thirty years; (C)few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and (D)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.” 10 So Jacob (E)blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of (F)Rameses, (G)as Pharaoh had commanded.
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- Genesis 47:9 Lit. sojourning
Genesis 47:9-11
English Standard Version
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my (A)sojourning are 130 years. (B)Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and (C)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their (D)sojourning.” 10 And Jacob (E)blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 11 Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of (F)Rameses, (G)as Pharaoh had commanded.
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Genesis 47:9-11
New International Version
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(A) My years have been few and difficult,(B) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(C)” 10 Then Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh(D) and went out from his presence.
11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,(E) the district of Rameses,(F) as Pharaoh directed.
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- Genesis 47:10 Or said farewell to
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