So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The [a](A)years of my sojourning are one hundred and [b]thirty; few and [c]unpleasant have been the [d]years of my life, nor have they [e]attained (B)the [f]years [g]that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.” 10 And Jacob (C)blessed Pharaoh, and went out from [h]his presence. 11 So Joseph [i]settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in (D)the best of the land, in the land of (E)Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered.

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  1. Genesis 47:9 Lit days of the years
  2. Genesis 47:9 Lit thirty years
  3. Genesis 47:9 Lit evil
  4. Genesis 47:9 Lit days of the years
  5. Genesis 47:9 Lit reached
  6. Genesis 47:9 Lit days of the years
  7. Genesis 47:9 Lit of the life of my fathers
  8. Genesis 47:10 Lit Pharaoh’s
  9. Genesis 47:11 Lit caused to dwell

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(A) My years have been few and difficult,(B) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(C) 10 Then Jacob blessed[a] Pharaoh(D) and went out from his presence.

11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,(E) the district of Rameses,(F) as Pharaoh directed.

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  1. Genesis 47:10 Or said farewell to