Genesis 27:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 47:29 : 29 And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
  • Gen 48:21 : 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
  • Mark 13:35 : 35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

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    1 Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

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    32 And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?

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    28 And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.

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    7 Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.

    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

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    3 So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

    4 And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.

  • Gen 27:24-26
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    24 And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

    25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

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

  • Gen 27:32-33
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    32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.

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    2 Then he said to them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to go out and come in: and the Lord has said to me, You are not to go over Jordan.

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    21 And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

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

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    29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

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    29 And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;

    30 But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.

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    30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.

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    10 I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

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    27 For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?

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    10 And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

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    12 If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.

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    23 For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

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    34 And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?

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    29 And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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    37 And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?

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    27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

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    8 And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?