| 28. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 47:28:1 ⧉וַיְחִ֤יvayekhi{And} lived Genesis 47:28:2 ⧉יַעֲקֹב֙yaakovJacob Genesis 47:28:3 ⧉בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretsin the land of Genesis 47:28:4 ⧉מִצְרַ֔יִםmitsrayimEgypt Genesis 47:28:5 ⧉שְׁבַ֥עshevaseven Genesis 47:28:6 ⧉עֶשְׂרֵ֖הesrehten Genesis 47:28:7 ⧉שָׁנָ֑הshanayears Genesis 47:28:8 ⧉וַיְהִ֤יvayehi{And} were Genesis 47:28:9 ⧉יְמֵֽי־יַעֲקֹב֙yemeiyaakovthe days of Jacob Genesis 47:28:10 ⧉שְׁנֵ֣יsheneithe years of Genesis 47:28:11 ⧉חַיָּ֔יוkhaiyavhis life Genesis 47:28:12 ⧉שֶׁ֣בַעshevaseven Genesis 47:28:13 ⧉שָׁנִ֔יםshanimyears Genesis 47:28:14 ⧉וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםvearbaimand forty Genesis 47:28:15 ⧉וּמְאַ֖תumeatand a hundred Genesis 47:28:16 ⧉שָׁנָֽה׃shanayears |
| 28. Formal Translation Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years; then the days of Jacob—his years—amounted to 147 years. |
| 28. Dynamic Translation Jacob remained in Egypt for seventeen years, and his whole life came to a total of 147 years. |