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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 pilgrimage.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And Jacob Jacob Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹב֙ ya·'a·kov
Analysis:
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said answer Verb H559 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai·yo·mer
unto Pharaoh Pharaoh Noun H6547 פַּרְעֹ֔ה par·'oh,
of the years whole age Noun H8141 שְׁנֵ֣י she·nei
of my pilgrimage dwelling Noun H4033 מְגוּרַ֔י me·gu·rai,
[are] an hundred hundredfold Noun H3967 וּמְאַ֖ת u·me·'at
and thirty thirty Noun H7970 שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים she·lo·shim
Analysis:

Thirty: Death

The number thirty is understood in Judaism as relating to death. One of the mourning periods is known as a "Shaloshim". This is actually the Hebrew word for 30. The connection between the number 30 and death is seen by the fact that the Children of Israel mourned Aaron for 30 days (see Numbers 20:29). Likewise, when Moses died, the people also mourned him for exactly 30 days (see Deuteronomy 34:8). Another reference to the number 30 relating to death is found in the fact that Joshua took 30,000 men with him to fight Ai the second time (see Joshua 8:3). This time Israel was successful and Ai was put to death. It is significant that the reader is told that 12,000 people died, all the people of Ai (see Joshua 8:25). Here the number 12, as in 12,000, relates to the people, as we learned in our study of the number 12, and the fact that they all died is reflected in the 30,000 (30) soldiers that Joshua took.

In the New Covenant, the reader is told that Judas betrayed Yeshua, delivering Him over to the Jewish leadership to be put to death for 30 pieces of silver (see Matthew 26:15). In the book of Luke, it is revealed that Yeshua was about the age of 30 when He began His ministry. What was the primary aspect of Yeshua's ministry? In other words, what did Yeshua enter into this world to do? The answer is to offer up His life for redemption. Death is the key ingredient in redemption. As one reads, without the shedding of blood (death) there is no redemption.

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few almost some sub H4592 מְעַ֣ט me·'at
and evil adversity Adjective H7451 וְרָעִ֗ים ve·ra·'im
have been become Verb H1961 הָיוּ֙ hai·u
years whole age Noun H8141 שָׁנָ֑ה sha·nah;
nor before Adverb H3808 וְלֹ֣א ve·lo
been and have not attained ability Verb H5381 הִשִּׂ֗יגוּ his·si·gu
of the years whole age Noun H8141 שְׁנֵ֣י she·nei
of my fathers chief Noun H1 אֲבֹתַ֔י a·vo·tai,
The days age Noun H3117 יְמֵי֙ ye·mei
of their pilgrimage dwelling Noun H4033 מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃ me·gu·rei·hem.

People

Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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King James Bible 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 pilgrimage.
Hebrew Greek English And So Jacob said unto to Pharaoh, The days "The years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty; few and unpleasant have been the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil life, nor have the days of they attained the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of that my fathers in lived during the days of their pilgrimage.sojourning."
New American Standard Bible 1995 And So Jacob said unto to Pharaoh, The days "The years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty; few and unpleasant have been the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil life, nor have the days of they attained the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of that my fathers in lived during the days of their pilgrimage.sojourning."