Genesis 27:2

2 And he sayde: beholde I am olde ad knowe not the daye of mi deth:

Genesis 27:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:2

And he said, behold, now I am old
(See Gill on Genesis 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 old; and though young men may promise themselves many days and years, an old man cannot, but must or should live in the constant expectation of death.

Genesis 27:2 In-Context

1 And it came to passe that Isaac wexed olde and his eyes were dymme so that he coude nat see. Tha called he Esau his eldest sonne and sayde vnto him: mi sonne. And he sayde vnto hym: heare am I.

2 And he sayde: beholde I am olde ad knowe not the daye of mi deth:

3 Now therfore take thi weapes thy quiver and thi bowe and gett the to the feldes and take me some venyson

4 and make me meate such as I loue and brynge it me and let me eat that my soull may blesse the before that I dye:

5 But Rebecca hard whe Isaac spake to Esau his sonne. And as soone as Esau was gone to the felde to catche venyson and to brige it