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Jacobיַעֲקֹבlivedוַיְחִיin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםseventeenשְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵהyears;שָׁנָהand the daysוַ יְמֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבthe yearsשְׁנֵיof his life,חַיָּיוwereיְהִיa hundredוּמְאַתforty-sevenשֶׁבַע וְאַרְבָּעִיםyears.שָׁנִים שָׁנָה
Genesis 47:28
Study it in the app“Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty-seven years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:28, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- livedיְחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- seventeenשְׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- seventeenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- and the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of his lifeחַיָּיchayay
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayay” appears- wereיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- a hundredמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- forty-sevenאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; they acquired possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
28 · This verse (above)
29The days of Israel drew near to die, and he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal with me in loyal love and faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt.
To study Genesis 47 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph do for his family and for Egypt during the famine (vv. 11-12, 14-26)?
2. What it means
How does Jacob describe his years to Pharaoh, and what does he do when he arrives and when he leaves (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
How can you help someone in need with what you have?