Joseph also brought Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob [a]saluted Pharaoh.

Then Pharaoh said unto Jacob, [b]How old art thou?

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The whole time of my (A)pilgrimage is an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of my life been, and I have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimages.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:7 Hebrew, blessed.
  2. Genesis 47:8 Hebrew, how many days are the years of thy life?

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