Genesis 27:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. Fo...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

At his Mother's Instigation, Jacob Cheats Esau of his Father's Blessing. Probably compiled from J and E. Since both presuppose it later, both mus...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Behold, now I am old, I know not the day of my death. There is not the least doubt that Isaac implored daily blessings on his sons all his...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: I know not the day of my death - From his present weakness he had reason to suppos...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob by Subtilty obtains the Blessing Urged on by his mother, Jacob attempts by unworthy means to secure the blessing of the firstborn with all t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS G: UPON THE CHRONOLOGY OF JACOB’S LIFE ( Genesis 27 ) The elaborate calculations of Lightfoot, and most Jewish and Christian commentators...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JACOB'S FRAUD Genesis 27:1-46 "The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever."- Psalms 33:11 THERE are some families whose miserable existence i...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rebekah Plans to Cheat Isaac Genesis 27:1-17 This chapter narrates a sad story of the chosen family. Esau is the only character which elicits u...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From this point the history passes to center largely around Jacob. At the beginning, four persons stand out: Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob, and not...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dying patriarchs always called their households round them. Genesis 49:1 ; Deuteronomy 33:1 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, behold, now I am old ,.... Genesis 27:1 : I know not the day of my death ; how soon it will be; everyone knows he must die, but the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Ver. 2. I am old, I know not the day of my death. ] No more doth any, though ne...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I know not the day of my death How soon I may die; a declaration which every man may make, and which every man ought well to consider, and lay to h...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB DECEIVES HIS FATHER In spite of Esau's wrong marriages, and in spite of God's word that Isaac's older son would serve the younger (ch.25:23)...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rebekah's Contrivance. B. C. 1760. 1 A...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing of Esau and Jacob ( Genesis 26:34 to Genesis 27:45 ). This passage was recorded in writing because it records the blessings given t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:3 . Take some venison.] Heb. Hunt a hunt for me. “What this hunt should be except of the deer or gazelle, does not...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 27:1-4 . And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 27:1 . Isaac was old; in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of his age, the very year in which his brother Ishmael died. Jacob and Esau w...
The Biblical Illustrator

Isaac was old and his eyes were dim Isaac in the near prospect of death I. HE HAS WARNINGS OF HIS APPROACHING END. 1. His advanced age. 2....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, —according to the generally accepted calculation, in his one hundred...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaac Prepares to Bless Esau
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. As a matter of fact, he lived another forty-three years, but the preparations whic...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I know not. Genesis 48:21 1 Samuel 20:3 Proverbs 27:1 Ecclesiastes 9:10 Isaiah 38:1 Isaiah 38:3 Mark 13:35 James 4:14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I am old, and know not the day of my death — How soon I may die.

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 27:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 27:2