Genesis 47:9
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
חַי
life/ my
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חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
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יוֹם
the days of
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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מָגוּר
sojournings/ my
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מָגוּר
a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence
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מְעַט
few
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מְעַט
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
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פַּרְעֹה
Pharaoh
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פַּרְעֹה
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
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נָשַׂג
they have reached
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נָשַׂג
to reach (literally or figuratively)
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יַעֲקֹב
Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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שָׁנֶה
the years of
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים
are thirty
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
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