Genesis 27:2

Genesis 27:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
• New International Version (NIV)Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said, "Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.

Context of Genesis 27:2

1When 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. Isaac said, “Since I am so old, I could die at any time. 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.”

Genesis 27:2 word by word

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּה־נָ֖א זָקַ֑נְתִּי לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי י֥וֹם מוֹתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Behold now, I am oldזָקֵןzâqên · be oldH2204
• I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of my deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Genesis 27:2

• Genesis 48:21Then 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.
• 1 Samuel 20:3Taking 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!”
• Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever 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.
• Isaiah 38:1In 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.’”
• Mark 13:35Stay 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 –
• James 4:14You 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.

Commentaries on Genesis 27:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I 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 duty to perform. He who lives not in reference to eternity, lives not at all.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 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 paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The first scene introduces the main problem in the chapter. Isaac knew about God’s oracle (a message from God; 25:22–23), but he went against it or ignored it when he tried to bless Esau. Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see: This shows that he was losing awareness, both physically and spiritually.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim--He was in his hundred thirty-seventh year; and apprehending death to be near, Isaac prepared to make his last will--an act of the gravest importance, especially as it included the conveyance through a prophetic spirit of the patriarchal blessing.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 27:2

• Death
• Jacob

In the dictionaries

• Bless
• Cry
• Deceiver
• Dim
• Exceedingly
• Fatness
• Feel
• Fetch
• Hairy
• Hunt

Commentaries on Genesis 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings