Genesis 27:2

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Genesis 27:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

2 “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

3 Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

4 Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

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

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Isaiah 38:1

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Isaiah 38:3

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Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

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You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.