Chasidut for Megillah 33:3

שתין ותלת וארביסר עד דמתיליד יוסף הא שבעין ושבעה וכתיב (בראשית מא, מו) ויוסף בן שלשים שנה בעמדו לפני פרעה הא מאה ושבע שב דשבעא ותרתי דכפנא הא מאה ושיתסר

Sixty-three and fourteen [in Aram] until Joseph was born makes seventy-seven [the age of Jacob when Joseph was born]. And it is written: "And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh (Genesis 41:46)," which makes 107 [years of Jacob's life]. Seven [years] of plenty and two [years] of famine make 116 years. And it is written: "And Pharaoh said to Jacob, 'How many years have you lived?'

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