The time drew near that Yisra'el must die, and he called his son Yosef, 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,
In those days was Chizkiyahu sick and near death. Yeshaiyahu the prophet, the son of Amotz, came to him, and said to him, *Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.'*
and said, *Remember now, the LORD, 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.* Chizkiyahu wept bitterly.
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;
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.
David swore moreover, and said, *Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Yonatan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.*