Genesis 27:2
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
In Context
1When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
Cross References
Genesis 48:21Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I am about to die. But I know that God will help/protect you. And some day he will take your descendants back to the land of their ancestors.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about what you will do tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.
Isaiah 38:1About that time, Hezekiah became very ill and was close to dying. So I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’”
Mark 13:35That man must always be ready, because he does not know whether his master will return in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn. Similarly, you also must always be ready, because you do not know when I will return.
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 →