28Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.


In Context

25 "You have saved our lives," they said. "May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh."

26 So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt-still in force today-that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh's.

27 Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

28 Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

29 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

30 but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried." "I will do as you say," he said.

Genesis 47:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

47:28And he lived in it seventeen years: and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were an hundred forty and seven years.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and forty seven years.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

47:28and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.