Genesis 47:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jacob himself lived there for seventeen years, before dying at the age of one hundred and forty-seven.

Cross References

Genesis 25:7

Abraham died at the ripe old age of one hundred and seventy-five.

Genesis 37:2

and this is the story of his family. When Jacob's son Joseph was seventeen years old, he took care of the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. But he was always telling his father all sorts of bad things about his brothers.

Psalm 119:84

I am your servant! How long must I suffer? When will you punish those troublemakers?

Psalm 90:10

We can expect seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are healthy, but even our best years bring trouble and sorrow. Suddenly our time is up, and we disappear.

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to use wisely all the time we have.