Genesis 47:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 39:12

Lord, hear my prayer! Listen to the words I cry to you. Look at my tears. I am only a traveler passing through this life with you. Like all my ancestors, I will live here only a short time.

Genesis 35:28

Isaac lived 180 years.

Psalm 39:5

You gave me only a short life. Compared to you, my whole life is nothing. The life of every human is like a cloud that quickly disappears. Selah

Job 14:1

“We are all human beings. Our life is short and full of trouble.

Joshua 24:29

After that the Lord’s servant Joshua son of Nun died. He was 110 years old.

Deuteronomy 34:7

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

Exodus 7:7

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

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.

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 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers in this world. So I beg you to keep your lives free from the evil things you want to do, those desires that fight against your true selves.

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.

Psalm 119:54

Your laws are the songs I sing wherever I am living.

Psalm 119:19

I feel like a stranger visiting here on earth. I need to know your commands. Don’t keep them hidden from me.

Genesis 47:28

Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years, so he was 147 years old.

Genesis 11:11

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

Hebrews 13:14

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

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only strangers traveling through this world like our ancestors. Our time on earth is like a passing shadow, and we cannot stop it.

Genesis 5:27

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

2 Corinthians 5:6

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

Genesis 47:8

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

Psalm 39:13

Leave me alone and let me be happy before I am dead and gone.