Genesis 47:8

8 And Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life?

Genesis 47:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:8

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, how old [art] thou?
] Or, "how many are the days of the years of thy life?" which way of speaking Jacob takes up, and very pertinently makes use of in his answer that follows: Dr. Lightfoot ^F13 thinks Pharaoh had never seen so old a man before, so grave a head, and so grey a beard, and in admiration asked this question.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Works, vol. 1. p. 667.

Genesis 47:8 In-Context

6 Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao.

8 And Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life?

9 And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

10 And Jacob blessed Pharao, and departed from him.