“How old are you?” Pharaoh asked him.
and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.
Then Joseph brought in his father, Jacob, and presented him to Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
“No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.
