one 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!' " And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before... Lectures on poetry and general literature - Page 220by James Montgomery - 1833 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Havett - Sermons, English - 1703 - 380 pages
...fecms the good Patriarch goes on with this account of them ) few and evil have the Days of the Tears of my Life been, and have not Attained unto the Days of the Tears of the Life of mj Fathers in the Days of their Pilgrimage. Now if we confider, that an Hundred... | |
| Samuel Wesley - Bible - 1716 - 394 pages
...), And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh, the days tf the •s of my pilgrimage are anhundred and thirty yssrn and evil have the days of the years of my life been, \ hasic not QttMncdmito the days of the jcars of tbe of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.... | |
| Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pages
...them, and confefled that they were STRANGERS and PILGRIM* the Days of the Years of my on the Eatth> LIFE been, and have not attained unto the Days of...Years of the Life of my Fathers in the Days of their PiiCRIMACE. io And Jacob blefled Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11 And Jofeph placed his... | |
| Richard Lucas - Happiness - 1734 - 464 pages
...account of it which the aged (and as others, no doubt, thought happy) patriarch did of his to f Pbaraoh > Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been t Gen. yn. But it moves me not fo much to hear tnis from the mouth of a Ihepherd, who O 3 from from... | |
| Benjamin Whichcote - Theology - 1751 - 418 pages
...forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fieeth alfo as a /hadow, and continuctb not. Gen. xlvii. 9. Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been : this was old Jacob's account of himfelf. And men that have been ierious and confiderate, have thus... | |
| John Smith - 1752 - 264 pages
...life had continued : The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years, fevj and evil have the days of the years of my life been,...life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage, Gen. xlvii. 9. But in particular, they intimate unto us a diverfity of their continuation to divers... | |
| John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 482 pages
...you;" and Gen. xlvii. 9. where Jacob fays to 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." Thefe good men were " ftrangers and fojourners" in a land, which was promifed to be theirs afterwards.... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1764 - 560 pages
...Eagls that hafteth to the Prey. I. ' I *HE Sborlntfi of Human Life. Gen. xlvii. 9. Jacob faid, fc« \. and evil have the Days of the Years of my Life been, Job 14. 1. Man that is born of a Woman is of few Days. xvi. 22. When a few Years arecome, thenl fliall... | |
| William Warburton - Bible - 1765 - 482 pages
...of taking from them. 2. " The days of the years of my pilgrimage, '* (fays JACOB to Pharaoh) are an hundred and " thirty years : few and evil have the...attained " unto the days of the years of the life of my fa" thers in the days of their pilgrimage jl ."—From this fpeech it is conqluded, that Mofes taught... | |
| Laurence Sterne - Anglican Communion - 1767 - 256 pages
...SERMON VII. GENESIS xlvii. 9. And Jacob /aid unto Pharaoh, The days of the yean of my pilgrimage, are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been. TH ERE is not a man in hiftory, whom I pity more, than the man who made this reply not becatife his... | |
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