Genesis 27:2
“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
In Context
3Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
Cross References
Genesis 48:21Then 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.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
Mark 13:35Therefore 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.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:2-6
Rebekah's Contrivance. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul… Read the whole commentary →