Genesis 47:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 47:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 47:9 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 47:9 — KJV
“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.”
— Genesis 47:9 (KJV)
Genesis 47:9 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 47:9
“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”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:9: jacob, days, years
“And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:9: years, hundred, thirty
“And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:9: years, hundred, thirty
“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 47:9: years, hundred, thirty
“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 47:9: jacob, days, life
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