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Genesis 47:9

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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou?	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.	And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob^H3290 said^H559 unto Pharaoh^H6547, The days^H3117 of the years^H8141 of my pilgrimage^H4033 are an hundred^H3967 and thirty^H7970 years^H8141: few^H4592 and evil^H7451 have the days^H3117 of the years^H8141 of my life^H2416 been, and have not attained^H5381 unto the days^H3117 of the years^H8141 of the life^H2416 of my fathers^H1 in the days^H3117 of their pilgrimage^H4033.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־פַּרְעֹה יְמֵי שְׁנֵי מְגוּרַי שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה מְעַט וְרָעִים הָיוּ יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיַּי וְלֹא הִשִּׂיגוּ אֶת־יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי אֲבֹתַי בִּימֵי מְגוּרֵיהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh
יְמֵי֙	ye.Mei	H3117	HNcmpc	(the) days of
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	H8141	HAcmdc	(the) years of
מְגוּרַ֔/י	me.gu.Ra/i	H4033	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	sojournings/ my
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	she.lo.Shim	H7970	HAcbpa	(are) thirty
וּ/מְאַ֖ת	u./me.'At	H3967	HC/Acbsc	and/ one hundred
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	H8141	HNcfsa	year(s)
מְעַ֣ט	me.'At	H4592	HNcmsa	few
וְ/רָעִ֗ים	ve./ra.'Im	H7451	HC/Aampa	and/ displeasing
הָיוּ֙	ha.Yu	H1961	HVqp3cp	they have been
יְמֵי֙	ye.Mei	H3117	HNcmpc	(the) days of
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	H8141	HAcmdc	(the) years of
חַיַּ֔/י	chai.Ya/i	H2416	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	life/ my
וְ/לֹ֣א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
הִשִּׂ֗יגוּ	hi.Si.gu	H5381	HVhp3cp	they have reached
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יְמֵי֙	ye.Mei	H3117	HNcmpc	(the) days of
שְׁנֵי֙	she.Nei	H8141	HAcmdc	(the) years of
חַיֵּ֣י	chai.Yei	H2416	HNcmpc	(the) lives of
אֲבֹתַ֔/י	'a.vo.Ta/i	H1	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	ancestors/ my
בִּ/ימֵ֖י	bi./Mei	H3117	HR/Ncmpc	in/ (the) days of
מְגוּרֵי/הֶֽם	me.gu.rei./Hem	H4033	HNcmpc/Sp3mp	sojournings/ their

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

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• 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.
• 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.
• H4033 — מָגוּר (mâgûwr, maw-goor'): or מָגֻר; from גּוּר in the sense of lodging; a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence; dwelling, pilgrimage, where sojourn, be a stranger. Compare מָגוֹר.
• H4592 — מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'): or מְעָט; from מָעַט; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
• H5381 — נָשַׂג (nâsag, naw-sag'): a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively); ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, [idiom] surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H7970 — שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shᵉlôwshîym, shel-o-sheem'): or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of שָׁלוֹשׁ; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth; thirty, thirtieth. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• 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:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• 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.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

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

• an hundred — Job 14:1, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 89:47-48, Psalms 90:3-12, James 4:14
• have not — Genesis 5:27, Genesis 11:11, Genesis 11:24-25, Genesis 25:7-8, Genesis 35:28, Genesis 47:28, Genesis 50:26, Exodus 6:4, Exodus 7:7, Deuteronomy 34:7, Joshua 24:29, 2 Samuel 19:32-35, Job 8:8-9, Job 42:16-17
• The days — 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalms 39:12, Psalms 119:19, Psalms 119:54, 2 Corinthians 5:6, Hebrews 11:9-16, Hebrews 13:14, 1 Peter 2:11

Reciprocal references (16): Genesis 23:4, Genesis 47:8, Genesis 47:29, Leviticus 25:23, 2 Samuel 19:34, 2 Chronicles 24:15, Psalms 90:10, Proverbs 15:15, Ecclesiastes 1:4, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Ecclesiastes 7:15, Jeremiah 28:3, Hebrews 11:13, 1 Peter 1:17

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: JACOB, LIFE-DEATH, PILGRIMAGE, LIFE AS A
• Nave’s: BENEDICTIONS, HOSPITALITY, ISRAEL, JACOB, JOSEPH, LIFE, OLD AGE, RULERS, YEAR

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