²⁸ And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

² These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

⁸ And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?

⁹ And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.

¹⁰ The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.

¹² So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

⁸⁴ How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?