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Genesis 27:2

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

3 Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

4 Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
KJV
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
WEB
He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.
ASV
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.
DARBY
And he said, Behold now, I am become old; I know not the day of my death.
BLB
And he said, “Behold, please, I have grown old; I do not know the day of my death.
ÅB
Da sa han: Jeg er blitt gammel og vet ikke hva dag jeg skal dø.
OTB
Isak sa: «Se, jeg er nå gammel og vet ikke dagen for min død.
B1930
Da sa han: Jeg er blitt gammel og vet ikke hvad dag jeg skal dø.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • James 4:14

    You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

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  • Mark 13:35

    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

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  • Proverbs 27:1

    Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

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  • Genesis 48:21

    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:3

    But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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  • Isaiah 38:3

    saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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  • Genesis 47:29

    When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

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