Genesis 47:9

Easy To Read Version

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:11

After that Shem lived 500 years. He had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 35:28

Isaac lived 180 years.

Genesis 47:28

Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years. So Jacob was 147 years old.

Genesis 47:8

And Pharaoh said to him, “How old are you?”

Genesis 5:27

So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years; then he died.

Genesis 50:26

Joseph died in Egypt when he was 110 years old. Doctors prepared his body for burial and put the body in a coffin in Egypt.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only strangers traveling through\par this world like our ancestors. {\cf2\super [323]} \par Our time on earth is like a passing shadow.\par And we can’t stop it.\par

Job 14:1

\{Job said,\} “We are all human beings. {\cf2\super [24]} Our life is short and full of trouble.

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger in this land.\par Lord, don’t hide your teachings from me.\par

Psalm 119:54

Your laws are my songs at home. {\cf2\super [592]} \par

Psalm 39:12

Lord, hear my prayer!\par Listen to the words I cry to you.\par Look at my tears.\par I am only a traveler\par passing through this life with you.\par Like all my ancestors, I live here only\par a short time. {\cf2\super [241]} \par

Psalm 39:13

Lord, leave me alone {\cf2\super [242]} \par and let me be happy\par before I am dead and gone.\par

Psalm 39:5

Lord, you gave me only a short life. {\cf2\super [236]} \par My short life is nothing,\par compared to you.\par Every person’s life is only like a cloud\par \{that quickly disappears\}.\par No person lives forever! {\cf2\super [237]} \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [238]})\i0 \par

Exodus 6:4

I made an agreement with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own land.

Exodus 7:7

Moses was 80 years old at the time, and Aaron was 83.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we always have courage (confidence). We know that while we live in this body, we are away from the Lord.

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was 120 years old when he died. He was as strong as ever, and his eyes were still good.

Hebrews 13:14

Here on earth we don’t have a city that continues forever. But we are waiting for the city that we will have in the future.

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

Joshua 24:29

After that Joshua son of Nun died. Joshua was 110 years old.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.