 | 1840 - 420 pages
...Jacob ; and therefore when he was called in to stand before Pharoah, and was asked his age, he said, " Few and evil have the days of the years of my life...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.' ' 1 have always considered myself only a pilgrim ; rough has been much of my road ; but it has conducted... | |
 | William Hill Tucker - Bible - 1838 - 512 pages
...atone for this error of his judgment. It is impossible to read the affecting avowal to Pharaoh ; " Few and evil have the days of the years of my life...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage,"* without feeling that the man who uttered it, in the sorrows of his soul, had received heavy retribution... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...Jacob, uHo\v old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage arc ll follow thee. And he said unto him, •' Go back again : for what have I done 21 to thee? And 10 in the days of their pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11... | |
 | Great Britain - 1844 - 582 pages
...A NEW YEIR'S SERMON. Genesis xlvii. 8. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou ? 9. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. " How old art thou ?"— A very natural and frequent question ; one, when properly asked, which we... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1839 - 360 pages
...331 LECTURE VIII. GENESIS XLVII. 8, 9. " And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou 1 and Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." WE are this morning to review the closing scene of the life of that patriarch who has formed the subject... | |
 | Robert Philip - 1839 - 516 pages
...own life and the lives of his progenitors, by the very name of a pilgrim's progress, when he said, " The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." (Gen. xlvii. 9.) Such were the simple facts ; but even in the times of the patriarchs, this wandering... | |
 | 1839 - 68 pages
...lifteth the poor out of the mire, that he may set him with the princes. Ps. cxiii. 6. 7. 24. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of my pilgrimage...years of my life been, and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers. Gen. xlvii. 9.- I am a stranger upon earth. Ps. cxix. 19. 25. Conversion... | |
 | Egypt - 1841 - 214 pages
...into conversation with him, particularly inquiring his age. The answer of Jacob was impressive : " The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." After some further conversation, Jacob, having again saluted Pharaoh, and blessed him, withdrew from... | |
 | 1841 - 484 pages
...afterwards declares himself before Pharaoh to be only A pilgrim: "The days of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have the days...life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage." (Gen. xlvii. 9.) The Lord, speaking of them to Moses, says (as we have seen) that he established his... | |
 | John Kitto - Jews - 1841 - 640 pages
...inquiring his age. Jacob's answer was impressive : — " The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days...life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." After some further conversation, probably, Jacob again saluted Pharaoh, and withdrew from his presence.... | |
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And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their... 
