The table below presents two contradictory verses/verselets. Both verses speak about the smallness of Jacob's life The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse/verselet says my years (currently 130) did not reach the years of my parents, while Gn48-28 states Jacob died at 147. We see the contradiction --- If Jacob was still alive he couldn't be sure at 130 he wouldn't outlive his parents - so how could he say his life was shorter. Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 Meanings method: The number of good quality years of Jacob's life was less than the good quality years of Abraham and Isaac. Here smallness of years refers to smallness of good years. Jacob could be sure of this even before his death.

Summary	Verse / Source	Text of verse / Source
Jacob's years were smaller than his parents years	Gn47-09b	And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: 'The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.'
Jacob was still alive and didn't know his age at death	Gn47-28	And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and forty seven years.
Resolution:	2 Aspects	The number of good quality years of Jacob's life was less than the good quality years of Abraham and Isaac. Here smallness of years refers to smallness of good years. Jacob could be sure of this even before his death.