Genesis 47:8
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
- KJV
- And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
- WEB
- Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”
- ASV
- And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
- DARBY
- And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
- BLB
- And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many [are] the days of the years of your life?”
- ÅB
- Og Farao spurte Jakob: Hvor mange er dine leveår?
- OTB
- Farao spurte Jakob: “Hvor mange år har du levd?”
- B1930
- Og Farao spurte Jakob: Hvor mange er dine leveår?