Genesis 47:9

Free Bible Version

“I have been wandering for 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My life has been short and difficult—I have not lived as long as my forefathers who also wandered from place to place.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:11

Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 35:28

Isaac lived to be 180

Genesis 47:28

Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, so he lived in total 147 years.

Genesis 47:8

Pharaoh asked him, “So how long have you lived?”

Genesis 5:27

Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

Genesis 50:26

Joseph died when he was 110. After his body was embalmed, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

1 Chronicles 29:15

In your eyes we are strangers and foreigners, just like our forefathers. Our time here on earth passes like a shadow, we have no hope of staying here long.

Job 14:1

“Life is short and full of trouble,

Psalm 119:19

I'm only here for a short time—don't let me miss what you have to say.

Psalm 119:54

Your instructions have been music to my ears wherever I have lived.

Psalm 39:12

Please hear my prayer, Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Don't be deaf to my weeping. Please treat me as your guest, passing through, just like my forefathers.

Psalm 39:13

Please leave me alone so I can be cheerful again, before I am dead and gone.

Psalm 39:5

Just look at the tiny amount of days you have given me! In your eyes my whole lifetime is like nothing. Our lives here are just a breath… Selah.

Exodus 6:4

I also confirmed my solemn agreement with them to give them the land of Canaan, the country where they were living as foreigners.

Exodus 7:7

Moses was eighty and Aaron was eighty-three when they went and spoke to Pharaoh.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we remain confident, knowing that while we are at home here in our physical bodies, we are away from the Lord.

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was 120 when he died, yet he was still seeing clearly and he was still strong.

Hebrews 13:14

For we don't have a permanent city to live in here; we're looking for the home that is still to come.

James 4:14

You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.

Joshua 24:29

Later, after all this, Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.

1 Peter 2:11

My friends, I'm pleading with you as foreigners and strangers in this world not to give in to physical desires that are in conflict with what is spiritual.