Chuàngshìjì 47:8

8 Fǎlǎo wèn Yǎgè shuō , nǐ píng shēng de nián rì shì duōshào ne ,

Chuàngshìjì 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.

Chuàngshìjì 47:8 In-Context

6 Āijí dì dōu zaì nǐ miànqián , zhǐguǎn jiào nǐ fùqin hé nǐ dìxiōng zhù zaì guó zhōng zuì hǎo de dì . tāmen kĕyǐ zhù zaì Gēshān dì . nǐ ruò zhīdào tāmen zhōngjiān yǒu shénme néng rén , jiù paì tāmen kàn guǎn wǒde shēngchù .

7 Yūesè lǐng tā fùqin Yǎgè jìn dào fǎlǎo miànqián , Yǎgè jiù gĕi fǎlǎo zhùfú .

8 Fǎlǎo wèn Yǎgè shuō , nǐ píng shēng de nián rì shì duōshào ne ,

9 Yǎgè duì fǎlǎo shuō , wǒ jìjū zaì shì de nián rì shì yī bǎi sān shí suì , wǒ píng shēng de nián rì yòu shǎo yòu kǔ , bú jí wǒ lièzǔ zǎo zaì shì jìjū de nián rì .

10 Yǎgè yòu gĕi fǎlǎo zhùfú , jiù cóng fǎlǎo miànqián chū qù le .