Génesis 47:8-9

Listen to Génesis 47:8-9
8 Y Faraón dijo a Jacob: ¿Cuántos años tienes?
9 Entonces Jacob respondió a Faraón: Los años de mi peregrinación son ciento treinta años; pocos y malos han sido los años de mi vida, y no han alcanzado a los años que mis padres vivieron en los días de su peregrinación.

Génesis 47:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 47

This chapter gives an account of the presentation of five of Joseph's brethren, and then of his father, to Pharaoh, and of what passed between them, Ge 47:1-10; of Joseph's settlement of them, according to the direction of Pharaoh, in the land of Rameses in Goshen, and of his provision for them there, Ge 47:11,12; of his getting into his hands, for Pharaoh, the money, cattle, and lands, of the Egyptians, excepting the lands belonging to the priests, for corn he had supplied them with, Ge 47:13-22; of his giving them seed to sow with, on condition of Pharaoh's having a fifth part of the produce, Ge 47:23-26, of the increase of Jacob's substance in Egypt, and that of his children; of the time of his living there, and his approaching death, when he called Joseph to him, and obliged him by an oath to bury him in the burying place of his fathers, Ge 47:27-31.

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