Genesis 47 · Verse 8

Genesis 47:8

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
Genesis 47:8, King James Version

Genesis 47:8 in other translations

BSB“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
WEBPharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
ASVAnd Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
YLTAnd Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, ‘How many are the days of the years of thy life?'
DARBYAnd Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
BBEAnd Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?
WebsterAnd Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old art thou?

What does Genesis 47:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?--The question was put from the deep and impressive interest which the appearance of the old patriarch had created in the minds of Pharaoh and his court. In the low-lying land of Egypt and from the artificial habits of its society, the age of man was far shorter among the inhabitants of that country than it had yet become in the pure bracing climate and among the simple mountaineers of Canaan. The Hebrews, at least, still attained a protracted longevity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 47:7-12

With the gravity of old age, the piety of a true believer, and the authority of a patriarch and a prophet, Jacob besought the Lord to bestow a blessing upon Pharaoh. He acted as a man not ashamed of his religion; and who would express gratitude to the benefactor of himself and his family. We have here a very uncommon answer given to a very common question. Jacob calls his life a pilgrimage; the sojourning of a…

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Genesis 47:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
פַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
כַּמָּ֕הka.Mahhow many?H4100
יְמֵ֖יye.Mei[are] [the] days ofH3117
שְׁנֵ֥יshe.Nei[the] years ofH8141
חַיֶּֽיךָ\׃chai.Yei.khalife yourH2416

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How old art thou. Heb. How many are the days of the years ofthy life?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 47:7

    And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Genesis 47:8

    And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

  • Genesis 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 years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

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Genesis 47:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo Faraón á Jacob: ¿Cuántos son los días de los años de tu vida?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le Pharaon dit à Jacob: Combien sont les jours des années de ta vie?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Pharao sprach zu Jakob: Wie viel sind der Tage deiner Lebensjahre?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et interrogatus ab eo: Quot sunt dies annorum vitæ tuæ?