Genesis Chapter 47 verse 9 Holy Bible
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they 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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And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.
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And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they do not attain to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojourning.
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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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And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, nor have they attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
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Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
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And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, `The days of the years of my sojournings `are' an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) My pilgrimage.--Heb., my sojournings; and so at end of verse. The idea of a pilgrimage is a modern one. Even in 1Peter 2:11 "pilgrim" means in the Greek a stranger who has settled in a country of which he is not a native. So, too, here Jacob was not a pilgrim, for he was no traveller bound for religious motives to some distant shrine, but he was a sojourner, because Canaan was not the native land of his race.Few and evil.--Evil certainly: for from the time when he deceived his father, Jacob's life had been one of great anxiety and care, in addition to his many sorrows. If he had gained wealth in Haran, it had been by great industry and personal toil, aggravated by Laban's injustice. On his return, there was the double terror of Laban's pursuit behind and Esau's menacing attitude in front. He had then long lain ill at Succoth, waiting till time healed his sprained hip. His entry into the promised land had been made miserable by his daughter's dishonour and the fierce conduct of his sons. And when his home was in sight, he had lost his beloved Rachel; and finally, been compelled to remain at a distance from his father, because Esau was there chief and paramount. His father dies, and Esau goes away; but the ten years between Isaac's death and the descent into Egypt had been years of mourning for Joseph's loss. All these troubles had fallen upon him, and made his days evil; but they were few only in comparison with those of his father and grandfather. In Pharaoh's eyes Jacob had lived beyond the usual span of human existence; but to himself he seemed prematurely old. His end came after seventeen years of peaceful decay spent under Joseph's loving care.The land of Rameses.--See Note on Genesis 45:10. Though the LXX. take "land of Rameses" as equivalent to Goshen, it was more probably some special district of it, for, as we have seen, Goshen was a territory of vast extent. Raamses (Exodus 1:11) is the same word, though the Masorites have given it different vowels; but whether such a town already existed, or whether when built it took its name from the district, we cannot tell. If there were such a place, it would at this period be a poor village, consisting of a few shepherds' huts; but long afterwards, in the days of King Rameses II., "it was the centre of a rich, fertile, and beautiful land, described as the abode of happiness, where all alike, rich and poor, lived in peace and plenty."--Canon Cook, Excursus on Egyptian Words, p. 487. It deserved therefore its description as "the best of the land."Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“My pilgrimageמְגוּרַ֔י (mə·ḡū·ray)Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularStrong's 4033: A sojourning place, dwelling place, a sojourning[has lasted] 130וּמְאַ֖ת (ū·mə·’aṯ)Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular constructStrong's 3967: A hundredyears,”שְׁנֵ֣י (šə·nê)Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 8141: A yearJacobיַעֲקֹב֙ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his descreplied.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“My yearsיְמֵי֙ (yə·mê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 3117: A dayhave beenהָיוּ֙ (hā·yū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, befewמְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 4592: A little, fewness, a fewand hard,וְרָעִ֗ים (wə·rā·‘îm)Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 7451: Bad, eviland they have notוְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nomatchedהִשִּׂ֗יגוּ (hiś·śî·ḡū)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 5381: To reach, overtakethe yearsיְמֵי֙ (yə·mê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 3117: A dayof the livesמְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃ (mə·ḡū·rê·hem)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 4033: A sojourning place, dwelling place, a sojourningof my fathers.”אֲבֹתַ֔י (’ă·ḇō·ṯay)Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularStrong's 1: FatherJump to PreviousAttain Attained Difficult Evil Fathers Few Full Hundred Jacob Life Pharaoh Pilgrimage Small Sojourning Sojournings Sorrow Thirty Unpleasant Wanderings
