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Life is a Pilgrimage
Commentators explain that Jacob's use of "pilgrimage" describes his life as a sojourner on earth. Like the patriarchs, believers are not truly at home in this world; their citizenship and ultimate inheritance are in heaven. This perspective frames earthly life as a temporary journey toward an eternal home.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 47:1–31
18th Century
Theologian
רעמסס ra‘mesês — Ra‘meses “son of the sun.”
מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 47:9
19th Century
Bishop
My pilgrimage. —Hebrew, my sojournings; and similarly at the end of the verse. The idea of a pilgrimage is a modern one. …
John Calvin
On Genesis 47:9
16th Century
Theologian
Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been. Jacob may seem here to complain that he had lived only a short time, and that, in…
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John Gill
On Genesis 47:9
17th Century
Pastor
Jacob said to Pharaoh, the days of the years of my
pilgrimage [are] an hundred and thirty years
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 47:7–12
17th Century
Minister
With the seriousness of old age, the piety of a true believer, and the authority of a patriarch and a prophet, Jacob entreated the Lord to bestow a…