Genesis 47:9

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Jacob answered, “I have lived only 130 years, and I have had to move from place to place. My parents and my grandparents also had to move from place to place. But they lived much longer, and their life was not as hard as mine.”

Cross References

Psalm 39:12

“Listen, Lord, to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting in your home as my ancestors did.

Genesis 35:28

Isaac died at the ripe old age of 180, then his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Psalm 39:5

You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. “Human life is but a breath,

Job 14:1

Life is short and sorrowful for every living soul.

Joshua 24:29

Not long afterwards, the Lord's servant Joshua died at the age of 110.

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was still good, and his body was strong.

Exodus 7:7

and spoke to the king. At the time, Moses was 80 years old, and Aaron was 83.

Exodus 6:4

I made an agreement and promised them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

Genesis 50:26

So Joseph died in Egypt at the age of 110; his body was embalmed and put in a coffin.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are foreigners and strangers on this earth. So I beg you not to surrender to those desires that fight against you.

James 4:14

What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.

Psalm 119:54

No matter where I am, your teachings fill me with songs.

Psalm 119:19

I live here as a stranger. Don't keep me from knowing your commands.

Genesis 47:28

Jacob himself lived there for 17 years, before dying at the age of 147.

Hebrews 13:14

On this earth we don't have a city that lasts forever, but we are waiting for such a city.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears.

Genesis 5:27

and died at the age of 969.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So always be cheerful! As long as we are in these bodies, we are away from the Lord.

Genesis 47:8

and the king asked him, “How old are you?”

Psalm 39:13

Stop being angry with me and let me smile again before I am dead and gone.”