Genesis 27:2

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Isaac said,“Since I am so old, I could die at any time.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 47:29 : 29 The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
  • Gen 48:21 : 21 Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 Taking an oath, David again said,“Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the LORD lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him,“This is what the LORD says,‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Mark 13:35 : 35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 27:1
    81%

    1Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.

  • Gen 25:32
    75%

    32“Look,” said Esau,“I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”

  • Gen 35:28-29
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    28Isaac lived to be 180 years old.

    29Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

  • Gen 27:7-8
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    72%

    7‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Gen 27:3-4
    2 verses
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    3Therefore, take your weapons– your quiver and your bow– and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.

    4Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

  • Gen 27:24-26
    3 verses
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    24Then he asked,“Are you really my son Esau?”“I am,” Jacob replied.

    25Isaac said,“Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you.” So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank.

    26Then his father Isaac said to him,“Come here and kiss me, my son.”

  • Gen 27:32-33
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    71%

    32His father Isaac asked,“Who are you?”“I am your firstborn son,” he replied,“Esau!”

    33Isaac began to shake violently and asked,“Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!”

  • Job 16:22
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    22For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

  • Deut 31:2
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    2He said to them,“Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the LORD has said to me,‘You will not cross the Jordan.’

  • Gen 27:21-22
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    21Then Isaac said to Jacob,“Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau.”

    22So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said,“The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s.”

  • Gen 44:29-31
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    29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’

    30“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

    31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 47:29-30
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    29The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him,“If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

    30but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” Joseph said,“I will do as you say.”

  • Gen 46:30
    70%

    30Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

  • Ps 39:4
    70%

    4“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

  • Isa 38:10
    69%

    10“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

  • Deut 31:27
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    27for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the LORD; you will be even more rebellious after my death!

  • Gen 27:10
    69%

    10Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”

  • Gen 27:12
    69%

    12My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”

  • Job 30:23
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    23I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

  • 2 Sam 19:34-35
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    68%

    34Barzillai replied to the king,“How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

    35I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

  • Gen 48:21
    68%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 49:29
    68%

    29Then he instructed them,“I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

  • Gen 27:37
    68%

    37Isaac replied to Esau,“Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

  • Job 30:2
    68%

    2Moreover, the strength of their hands– what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

  • 1 Kgs 2:1-2
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    1David’s Final Words to Solomon When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

    2“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

  • Job 5:27
    68%

    27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

  • Josh 14:10
    68%

    10So now, look, the LORD has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the LORD spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

  • Gen 47:8
    68%

    8Pharaoh said to Jacob,“How long have you lived?”