...life?" 16. The brothers no doubt speak Hebrew, and Joseph himself probably serves as their interpreter. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojournings are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life,...

...Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Genesis 47:8 - And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? Genesis 47:9 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained...

...to have burdened as much as it recreated his spirit, for in summing up his life to Pharaoh, he says: "few and evil have the days of the years of my life been" (Gen. 47:9). The two most severe forms of Providential justice may also be associated with the personified...

...progenitor. Then Pharaoh asked about Jacob's age, to find out whether he actually was Jacob, and not Abraham. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, " The days of the years...of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years," using the word pilgrimage in reference to life on earth, which the pious regard as a temporary sojourn...

...was threescore years old when she bare them. (Jacob & Esau)" Genesis 25:26 Our forefather Jacob told Pharaoh: "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years." Genesis 47:9 The 60 years from Isaac's birth to Jacob's birth plus the 130 years from Jacob's birth...

...years old when he entered Egypt. Genesis 47:8-9 8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years... In this example, Jacob could be 130 years and one month old, or he could be 130 years and eleven months...

...time is counted by days, without mention of nights. "The days of onr years," ' says the Psalmist. " Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been," * said Jacob, and elsewhere " all the days of my life." s Thus under the form of history the law is...

...Abraham his 35.28 the days of Isaac were an hundred and 47. 9 The days of the years of my pilgrimage 47.9 few and evil have the days of the years of my life been I0 These examples all refer to individuals. Never did the writer speak of his days and when he referred...