Genesis 47:9
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He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

Hebrews 11:9
By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise.

Hebrews 11:13
All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.

Genesis 25:7
And the days of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five years.

Genesis 25:8
And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 35:28
And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

Genesis 47:8
And being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of thy life?

Genesis 47:28
And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years.

Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

Psalm 119:19
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Psalm 119:54
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.

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He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

The days.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. I Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no stay.

Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

Psalm 119:19,54 I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. . . .

2 Corinthians 5:6 Therefore having always confidence, knowing that while we are in the body we are absent from the Lord.

Hebrews 11:9-16 By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise. . . .

Hebrews 13:14 For, we have not here a lasting city: but we seek one that is to come.

1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

and hundred.

Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Psalm 39:5 Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

Psalm 89:47,48 Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain? . . .

Psalm 90:3-12 Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. . . .

James 4:14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

have not.

Genesis 47:28 And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years.

Genesis 5:27 And all the days of Mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Genesis 11:11,24,25 And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. . . .

Genesis 25:7,8 And the days of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five years. . . .

Genesis 35:28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

Genesis 50:26 And he died, being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed, he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.

Exodus 6:4 And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.

Exodus 7:7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao.

Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, neither were his teeth moved.

Joshua 24:29 And after these things Joshua the son of Nun the servant of the Lord died, being a hundred and ten years old:

2 Samuel 19:32-35 Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of a great age, that is to say, fourscore years old, and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich. . . .

Job 8:8,9 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers: . . .

Job 42:16,17 And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, . . .

Context
Jacob Settles in Goshen
8And being asked by him: How many are the days of the years of thy life? 9He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.10And blessing the king, he went out.…
Lexicon
“My pilgrimage
מְגוּרַ֔י (mə·ḡū·ray)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4033: A sojourning place, dwelling place, a sojourning

[has lasted] 130
וּמְאַ֖ת (ū·mə·’aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3967: A hundred

years,”
שְׁנֵ֣י (šə·nê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

Jacob
יַעֲקֹב֙ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

replied.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“My years
יְמֵי֙ (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

have been
הָיוּ֙ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

few
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

and hard,
וְרָעִ֗ים (wə·rā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

and they have not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

matched
הִשִּׂ֗יגוּ (hiś·śî·ḡū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5381: To reach, overtake

the years
יְמֵי֙ (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of the lives
מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃ (mə·ḡū·rê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4033: A sojourning place, dwelling place, a sojourning

of my fathers.”
אֲבֹתַ֔י (’ă·ḇō·ṯay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father


Additional Translations
“My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the lives of my fathers.”And Jacob said to 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 to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

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.

And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

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.

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an 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.

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.

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."

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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