Genesis 47:28 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.”
Genesis 47:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:2817 words
וַיְחִיwayəḥîAnd live
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
שְׁבַעšəvaʿSeven
עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
יְמֵיyəmêDay
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
שְׁנֵיšənêYear
חַיָּיוḥayāywAlive
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
וְאַרְבָּעִיםwəʾarəbāʿîmAnd forty
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
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