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16 Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.

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16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

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23 He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim, and he lived to see the birth of the children of Manasseh’s son Makir, whom he claimed as his own.[a]

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  1. 50:23 Hebrew who were born on Joseph’s knees.

23 and saw the third generation(A) of Ephraim’s(B) children.(C) Also the children of Makir(D) son of Manasseh(E) were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[a](F)

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  1. Genesis 50:23 That is, were counted as his

Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
    parents[a] are the pride of their children.

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  1. 17:6 Hebrew fathers.

Children’s children(A) are a crown to the aged,
    and parents are the pride of their children.

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May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.
    May Israel have peace!

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May you live to see your children’s children—(A)
    peace be on Israel.(B)

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26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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26 So Joseph died(A) at the age of a hundred and ten.(B) And after they embalmed him,(C) he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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28 Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.

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28 Jacob lived in Egypt(A) seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.(B)

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Abraham lived for 175 years,

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Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.(A)

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Leaders Buried in the Promised Land

29 After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110.

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Buried in the Promised Land(A)

29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died(B) at the age of a hundred and ten.(C)

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10 Seventy years are given to us!
    Some even live to eighty.
But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;
    soon they disappear, and we fly away.

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10 Our days may come to seventy years,(A)
    or eighty,(B) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(C)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(D)

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Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.

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Moses was a hundred and twenty years old(A) when he died, yet his eyes were not weak(B) nor his strength gone.(C)

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28 Isaac lived for 180 years.

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28 Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.(A)

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32 Terah lived for 205 years[a] and died while still in Haran.

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  1. 11:32 Some ancient versions read 145 years; compare 11:26 and 12:4.

32 Terah(A) lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.

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