Man's Life on Earth a Pilgrimage
J. Benson. Genesis 47:9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years… I. THAT THE LIFE OF MAN UPON EARTH IS A PILGRIMAGE. II. THAT MAN'S DAYS IN THIS PILGRIMAGE STATE ARE FEW AND EVIL. III. THE CAUSE OF THIS; AND WHETHER, AND HOW FAR, THE EVIL ADMITS OF A CURE. Inferences: 1. Is this a pilgrimage state? Then why should we be so much attached to or affected with anything here — a country where we are pilgrims? 2. Are our days few? Then let us make haste, for we have a great work to do. 3. Are they evil? Then why are we in love with them? Why unwilling to go where days are evil no more? 4. Has God provided a cure? Then let us take care we do not reject it. (J. Benson.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. WEB: Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."