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Genesis 47:28

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

KJV

Et vixit in ea decem et septem annis : factique sunt omnes dies vitæ illius, centum quadraginta septem annorum.

Vulgate

Ἐπέζησεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἔτη δέκα ἑπτά· ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ἰακὼβ ἐνιαυτῶν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα ἑπτὰ ἔτη.

LXX

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.

ASV

וַ/יְחִ֤י יַעֲקֹב֙ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם שְׁבַ֥ע עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַ/יְהִ֤י יְמֵֽי יַעֲקֹב֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיָּ֔י/ו שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּ/מְאַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:4 — But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
  • 2Sam 19:32 — Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
  • Gen 35:28 — And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
  • Gen 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the
  • Job 42:16 — After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
  • Ps 90:10 — The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.