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Genesis 27:2

Genesis 27:2
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he said, behold, now I am old,.... See Gill on Gen 27:1,

I know not the day of my death; how soon it will be; everyone knows he must die, but the day and hour he knows not, neither young nor…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 27:1-46

- Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I know not the day of my death - From his present weakness he had reason to suppose that his death could not be at any great distance, and therefore would leave no act undone which he believed it his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 27:1-5

Here is, I. Isaac's design to make his will, and to declare Esau his heir. The promise of the Messiah and the land of Canaan was a great trust, first committed to Abraham, inclusive and typical of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I know not the day of my death Isaac expects that death is at hand, and fears lest he should die without having pronounced the blessing on his son. The dying utterance was deemed prophetic Gen 48:21,…