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Genesis 47:9

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacobH3290
אֶל־'el-toH413
פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
יְמֵי֙ye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.Nei[the] years ofH8141
מְגוּרַ֔יme.gu.Raisojournings myH4033
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.Shim[are] thirtyH7970
וּמְאַ֖תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
מְעַ֣טme.'AtfewH4592
וְרָעִ֗יםve.ra.'Imand displeasingH7451
הָיוּ֙ha.Yuthey have beenH1961
יְמֵי֙ye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.Nei[the] years ofH8141
חַיַּ֔יchai.Yailife myH2416
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
הִשִּׂ֗יגוּhi.Si.guthey have reachedH5381
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
יְמֵי֙ye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
שְׁנֵי֙she.Nei[the] years ofH8141
חַיֵּ֣יchai.Yei[the] lives ofH2416
אֲבֹתַ֔י'a.vo.Taiancestors myH1
בִּימֵ֖יbi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117
מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃me.gu.rei.Hemsojournings theirH4033

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The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain