Genesis 47:28
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28 Jacob lived for seventeen years after his arrival in Egypt, so he lived 147 years in all.
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Psalm 90:10
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10 Seventy years are given to us!
Some even live to eighty.
But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;
soon they disappear, and we fly away.
Psalm 119:84
New Living Translation
84 How long must I wait?
When will you punish those who persecute me?
Psalm 90:12
New Living Translation
12 Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom.
Genesis 47:8-9
New Living Translation
8 “How old are you?” Pharaoh asked him.
9 Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
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Genesis 37:2
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2 This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
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