Genesis 47:9

New Living Translation

Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:11

After the birth of Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 35:28

Isaac lived for 180 years.

Genesis 47:28

Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.

Genesis 47:8

“How old are you?” Pharaoh asked him.

Genesis 5:27

Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.

Genesis 50:26

So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

Job 14:1

“How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!

Psalm 119:19

I am only a foreigner in the land. Don’t hide your commands from me!

Psalm 119:54

Your decrees have been the theme of my songs wherever I have lived.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. For I am your guest— a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.

Psalm 39:13

Leave me alone so I can smile again before I am gone and exist no more.

Psalm 39:5

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude

Exodus 6:4

And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

Exodus 7:7

Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three when they made their demands to Pharaoh.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord.

Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.

Hebrews 13:14

For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.

James 4:14

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

Joshua 24:29

After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.