Genesis 47:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 47:8

6 ^aThe land of Egypt is before you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwell ^bin the land of Goshen. And if you know any competent men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.”

7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob ^ablessed Pharaoh.

8 Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”

9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ^a“The days of the years of my pilgrimage are ^bone hundred and thirty years; ^cfew and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and ^dthey have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”

10 So Jacob ^ablessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

11 And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of ^aRameses, ^bas Pharaoh had commanded.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 47:8

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American Standard Version
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

Amplified® Bible
And Pharaoh asked Jacob, How old are you?

Contemporary English Version
and the king asked him, "How old are you?"

Darby English Version
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?

Good News Bible
and the king asked him, "How old are you?"

King James Version
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

New American Standard Bible
Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many years have you lived?"

New International Version
Pharaoh asked him, "How old are you?"

New King James Version
Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many years have you lived?"

Revised Standard Version
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"

Young's Literal Translation
And Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, `How many `are' the days of the years of thy life?'

New English Translation
Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?”¹

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