am 2315, bc 1689
seventeen: Genesis 37:2
the whole age: Heb. the days of the years of his life, Genesis 47:8 *marg. Genesis 47:9; Psalms 90:10, Psalms 90:12, Psalms 119:84
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Genesis 47:28
Genesis 47:28
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