Genesis 47:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 47:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 47:28 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 47:28 — KJV
“And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. the whole...: Heb. the days of the years of his life”
— Genesis 47:28 (KJV)
Genesis 47:28 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 47:28
“And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:28: jacob, years, age
“And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:28: years, hundred, seven
“Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: wholly...: Heb. fulfilled after me”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:28: jacob, land, egypt
“Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:28: land, egypt, seven
“And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:28: years, forty, seven
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