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Genesis 27:2

New English Translation

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

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Therefore, take your weapons – your quiver and your bow – and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.

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,

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.

Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

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.

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.’”

“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.

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 –

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.

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!”




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