Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Genesis
Chapter 47  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 47:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 47:9 JFB -> Commentary on 47:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 47:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 47:9 TSK -> Commentary on 47:9 TSK -> Entry for 47:9 WEN -> Notes on 47:9 NTB -> Benedictions; Hospitality; Israel; Jacob; Joseph; Life; Old Age; Rulers; Year TTT -> Egypt; Life, Natural; Pilgrims and Strangers EBD -> City; Immortality 47:9 - [In Context] Jacob said to Pharaoh, "I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors F251 lived to be much older than I am."
FOOTNOTES: F251: ancestors   Literally, "fathers." This means a person's parents, grandparents, and all the people they are descended from.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.