Genesis 47:9

New Century Version

Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:11

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

Genesis 35:28

Isaac lived one hundred eighty years.

Genesis 47:28

Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, so he lived to be one hundred forty-seven years old.

Genesis 47:8

Then the king said to Jacob, “How old are you?”

Genesis 5:27

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

Genesis 50:26

Joseph died when he was one hundred ten years old. Doctors prepared his body for burial, and then they put him in a coffin in Egypt.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are like foreigners and strangers, as our ancestors were. Our time on earth is like a shadow. There is no hope.

Job 14:1

“All of us born to women live only a few days and have lots of trouble.

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger on earth. Do not hide your commands from me.

Psalm 119:54

I sing about your demands wherever I live.

Psalm 39:12

“Lord, hear my prayer, and listen to my cry. Do not ignore my tears. I am like a visitor with you. Like my ancestors, I’m only here a short time.

Psalm 39:13

Leave me alone so I can be happy before I leave and am no more.”

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a short life; my lifetime is like nothing to you. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah

Exodus 6:4

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

Exodus 7:7

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to the king.

2 Corinthians 5:6

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

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not weak, and he was still strong.

Hebrews 13:14

Here on earth we do not have a city that lasts forever, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future.

James 4:14

But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

Joshua 24:29

After that, Joshua son of Nun died at the age of one hundred ten.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul.