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Genesis 47:28

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And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.	And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.	And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob^H3290 lived^H2421 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 seventeen^{H6240 H7651} years^H8141: so the whole age^{H2416 H3117} of Jacob^H3290 was an hundred^H3967 forty^{H705 H8141} and seven^H7651 years^H8141.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וַיְהִי יְמֵי־יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵי חַיָּיו שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וְאַרְבָּעִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְחִ֤י	va/y.Chi	H2421	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he lived
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ	be./'E.retz	H776	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) land of
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt
שְׁבַ֥ע	she.Va'	H7651	HAcfsa	seven-
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה	'es.Reh	H6240	HAcfsa	teen
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	H8141	HNcfsa	year(s)
וַ/יְהִ֤י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
יְמֵֽי	ye.mei-	H3117	HNcmpc	(the) days of
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	H8141	HAcmdc	(the) years of
חַיָּ֔י/ו	chai.Ya/v	H2416	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	life/ his
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	H7651	HAcfsa	seven
שָׁנִ֔ים	sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years
וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	ve./'ar.ba.'Im	H705	HC/Acbpa	and/ forty
וּ/מְאַ֖ת	u./me.'At	H3967	HC/Acbsc	and/ one hundred
שָׁנָֽה	sha.Nah	H8141	HNcfsa	year(s)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H705 — אַרְבָּעִים (ʼarbâʻîym, ar-baw-eem'): multiple of אַרְבַּע; forty; -forty.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H6240 — עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'): for עֶשֶׂר; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth; (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
• H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• seventeen — Genesis 37:2
• the whole age — Genesis 47:8, Genesis 47:9, Psalms 90:10, Psalms 90:12, Psalms 119:84

Reciprocal references (8): Genesis 35:28, Genesis 50:26, Exodus 6:16, 2 Samuel 19:32, Job 42:16, Psalms 105:23, Jeremiah 28:3, 1 Timothy 5:4

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ISRAEL, JACOB, LONGEVITY, OATH

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