Genesis 47:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Genesis 47:28

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

Genesis 47:7

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and introduced him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing,

Genesis 47:9

Jacob answered, “I have lived only a hundred and thirty 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.”

2 Samuel 19:34

Barzillai answered: Your Majesty, why should I go to Jerusalem? I don't have much longer to live.