Genesis 27:2

World English Bible (2000)

He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 47:29 : 29 The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
  • Gen 48:21 : 21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
  • 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.'"
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 and said, "Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight." Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Mark 13:35 : 35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

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  • Gen 27:24-26
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