Genesis 47:9 (WEB)
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Basil the Great
““Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been,” said Jacob, and elsewhere “all the days of my life.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlvii. 9.
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John Chrysostom
“…working as a hireling, and [amid] dangers, and plots, and deceits, and fears; and when he was asked by Pharaoh, he says, “Few and evil have my days been” ( Gen. xlvii. 9 ); while the other lived in independence and great security, and afterwards was an object of terror to [Jacob].” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Or of Jacob? for indeed to enumerate all his [afflictions] is not necessary, but it is reasonable to bring forward the testimony, which he himself [gave] when speaking with Pharaoh; “Few and evil are my days, and they have not attained to the days of my fathers.” ( Gen. xlvii. 9.)” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 1
Genesis 47:9 and 2 Samuel 19:34 share the same wording (16 words).