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.


In Context

25 They said, |You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.|

26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.

27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

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

29 The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, |If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,

30 but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.| He said, |I will do as you have 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.