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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 47:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, how old [art] thou?] Or, “how many are the days of the years of thy life?” which way of speaking Jacob takes up, and very pertinently makes use of in his answer that follows: Dr. Lightfoot f1831 thinks Pharaoh had never seen so old a man before, so grave a head, and so grey a beard, and in admiration asked this question.
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