Genesis 47:8
“And Pharaoh said vnto Iacob, How old art thou?”
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Genesis 47:8 Context
6The land of Egypt is before thee: in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell, in the lande of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any man of actiuitie amongst them, then make them rulers ouer my cattell. 7And Ioseph brought in Iacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Iacob blessed Pharaoh. 8And Pharaoh said vnto Iacob, How old art thou? 9And Iacob said vnto Pharaoh, The dayes of the yeeres of my pilgrimage are an hundred & thirtie yeres: few and euill haue the dayes of the yeeres of my life bene, and haue not attained vnto the dayes of the yeeres of the life of my fathers, in the dayes of their pilgrimage. 10And Iacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
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Other Translations for Genesis 47:8
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou?
- King James Version
Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many years have you lived?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?
- Basic English Bible
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
- Darby Bible
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old art thou?
- Webster's Bible
Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
- World English Bible
And Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, `How many [are] the days of the years of thy life?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob: 'How many are the days of the years of thy life?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 47:8
47:8 How old art thou? - A question usually put to old men, for it is natural to us to admire old age, and to reverence it. Jacob's countenance no doubt shewed him to be old, for be had been a man of labour and sorrow. In Egypt people were not so long - lived as in Canaan, and therefore Pharaoh looks upon Jacob with wonder.