Genesis 27:2

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 47:29 : 29 And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;
  • Gen 48:21 : 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
  • Mark 13:35 : 35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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    1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I.

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    32And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die: and what profit shall the birthright do to me?

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    28And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.

    29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

  • Gen 27:7-8
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    7Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

  • Gen 27:3-4
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    3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;

    4and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

  • Gen 27:24-26
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    24And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

    25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

    26And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

  • Gen 27:32-33
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    32And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.

    33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.

  • Job 16:22
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    22For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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    2And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

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    21And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

    22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

  • Gen 44:29-31
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    29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

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    31it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

  • Gen 47:29-30
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    29And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

    30but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

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    30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

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    4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

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    10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

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    27For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?

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    10and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.

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    12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

  • Job 30:23
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    23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

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    34And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

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    21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

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    29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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    37And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine have I sustained him: and what then shall I do for thee, my son?

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    2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

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    1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

    2I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;

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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

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    10And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

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    8And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?