Genesis 47:8 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 47:8

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

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ASV

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

WEB

“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.

YLT

And Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, `How many are the days of the years of thy life?'

DBT

And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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3 verses on the floor

Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
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.
2 Samuel 19:34
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Jacob's countenance, no doubt, showed him to be very old, for he 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; he was as a show in his court. When we are reflecting upon ourselves, this should come into the account, "How old are we?" (2.) Jacob gives Pharaoh an uncommon answer,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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