Genesis 47:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 Then Pharaoh asked Jacob, “How many years have you lived?” 9 Jacob replied: “The years I have lived as a wayfarer amount to a hundred and thirty. Few and hard have been these years of my life, and they do not compare with the years that my ancestors lived as wayfarers.”[a]
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