...taking from them. 2, " The days of the years of my pilgrimage, (says " Jacob to Pharaoh) are an hundred and thirty years ; " few and evil have the days of the years of my life M been, and have not attained unto the days of the " years of the life of my fathers in the days...

...murmured and fretted at my hard fate; and thought I might adopt the language of good old Jacob, and say, " Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been." But suddenly it was impressed with power on my mind, that all these evils were brought upon me for...

...himself explains it to be, not on account of the shortness of human life in general, but, because he bad not attained unto the days of the years of the life of his fathers. The sense, therefore, which the writer •f the epistle to the Hebrews puts upon these...

...and thirty years: few and full " of evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrim" age : and I have not attained unto the days of the " years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their ^: pilgrimage"—but if he fell short of the longevity of !iis aacestors, we come vastly short of his....

...Deborah dies, and his beloved wife Rachel dies, and Reuben denies Bilhah. It was no wonder he said, ' Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been,' Gen. xlvii. 9. 2dly, There is a harmony of providences among them; selves. It is observed of the wheels,...

...How old art thou? 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...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage!" — This was not only an answer to the king's question, but an epitome of his own life! About seventeen...

...And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years j few and evil have the days of the years of my life...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 1 1 And Joseph placed his father, and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt,...

...much closer examination. ' The testimony I mean, is that of the patriarch Jacob before Pharaoh : " Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and I have not attained to those of my fathers :'' — a testimony full and express for the opinion we...

...old art thou ? 9 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...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 1 1 And Joseph placed his father and...

...difficulties, fears and troubles, I doubt not, but you can readily adopt the language of the patriarch, "Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been." Happy is it for the Christian, that he is not always to wander in this dark and inhospitable wilderness,...