Verse 8
Genesis 47:8
New Living Translation
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“How old are you?” Pharaoh asked him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶֽל יַעֲקֹ֑ב כַּ/מָּ֕ה יְמֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י חַיֶּֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
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Chapter 47 Context
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Then Joseph went to see Pharaoh and told him, “My father and my brothers have arrived from the land...
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Joseph took five of his brothers with him and presented them to Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” They replied, “We, your servants, are she...
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We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. Th...
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have joined you here,
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choose any place in the entire land of Egypt for them to live. Give them the best land of Egypt. Let...
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Then Joseph brought in his father, Jacob, and presented him to Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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“How old are you?” Pharaoh asked him.
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Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared t...
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Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh again before leaving his court.
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So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt — the region of Rameses — to his father and his brothers,...
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And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of the...
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Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throu...
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By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and h...
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When the people of Egypt and Canaan ran out of money, all the Egyptians came to Joseph. “Our money i...
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Joseph replied, “Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange...
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So they brought their livestock to Joseph in exchange for food. In exchange for their horses, flocks...
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But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said, “We cannot hide the truth from you,...
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Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land...
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So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because...
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As for the people, he made them all slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.
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The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of fo...
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Then Joseph said to the people, “Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will pro...
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Then when you harvest it, one-fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining...
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“You have saved our lives!” they exclaimed. “May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh’s serv...
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Joseph then issued a decree still in effect in the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should receive one-fi...
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Meanwhile, the people of Israel settled in the region of Goshen in Egypt. There they acquired proper...
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Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.
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As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Please do me t...
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When I die, please take my body out of Egypt and bury me with my ancestors.” So Joseph promised, “I...
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“Swear that you will do it,” Jacob insisted. So Joseph gave his oath, and Jacob bowed humbly at the...
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