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.
Genesis 47:28 in other translations
| BSB | And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years. |
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| WEB | Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years. |
| DARBY | And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years. |
| BBE | And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. |
| Webster | And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and forty seven years. |
What does Genesis 47:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 47:23-28
23-28. Joseph said, Behold, &c.--The lands being sold to the government (Ge 47:19, 20), seed would be distributed for the first crop after the famine; and the people would occupy them as tenants-at-will on the payment of a produce rent, almost the same rule as obtains in Egypt in the present day.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 47:27-31
At last the time drew nigh that Israel must die. Israel, a prince with God, had power over the Angel, and prevailed, yet must die. Joseph supplied him with bread, that he might not die by famine, but that did not secure him from dying by age or sickness. He died by degrees; his candle gradually burnt down to the socket, so that he saw the time drawing nigh. It is an advantage to see the approach of death, before we…
Genesis 47:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 47:28
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
- Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
- Genesis 47:8-9
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 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 years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
- Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
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Context
- Genesis 47:27
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
- 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.
- Genesis 47:29
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Genesis 47:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vivió Jacob en la tierra de Egipto diecisiete años: y fueron los días de Jacob, los años de su vida, ciento cuarenta y siete años. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Jacob vécut dans le pays d’Égypte 17 ans; et les jours de Jacob, les années de sa vie, furent 147 ans. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jakob lebte im Lande Ägypten siebzehn Jahre; und der Tage Jakobs, der Jahre seines Lebens, waren 147 Jahre. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et vixit in ea decem et septem annis: factique sunt omnes dies vitæ illius, centum quadraginta septem annorum. |