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Genesis 35:28

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

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וַיִּֽהְי֖וּvayihyvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.יְמֵ֣יyemeas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…יִצְחָ֑קyitschaqIsaac. Compare H3446יִצְחָקnoun, proper name — “Isaac. Compare H3446”H3327Jitschak (or Isaac), son of AbrahamIsaac. Compare H3446 (יִשְׂחָק).מְאַ֥תmeathundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, construct — “hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֖הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםushemonimand eightyשְׁמֹנִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and eighty”, the ordinary formH8084eighty, also eightietheighty(-ieth), fourscore.שָׁנָֽהshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years,

World English Bible

The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

Darby Translation

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

Douay-Rheims

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ἰσαὰκ, ἃς ἔζησεν, ἔτη ἑκατὸν ὀγδοήκοντα.

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