- Isaac:
- "In the sweatª of thy faceª shalt thou eatª° bread,ª tillª thou returnª° unto¹ the ground;ª for¹ out of¹ it wast thou taken:ª° for¹ dustª thouª [art], and unto¹ dustª shalt thou return.ª°" {Gen 3:19} + "And thou¹ shalt goª° to¹ thy fathersª in peace;ª thou shalt be buriedª° in a goodª old age.ª" {Gen 15:15} + "And these¹ [are] the daysª of the yearsª of Abraham'sª lifeª which¹ he lived,²°¹ an hundredª² threescore and fifteenªªª years.ª ... Then Abrahamª gave up the ghost,ª° and diedª° in a goodª old age,ª an old man,ª and fullª [of years]; and was gatheredª° to¹ his people.ª" {Gen 25:7-8} + "And these¹ [are] the yearsª of the lifeª of Ishmael,ª an hundredª² and thirtyª² and sevenª years:ª and he gave up the ghostª° and died;ª° and was gatheredª° unto¹ his people.ª" {Gen 25:17} + "And it came to pass,ª° that¹ when Isaacª was old,ª° and his eyesª were dim,ª° so that he could not see,ª°¹ he calledª°¹ Esauª his eldestª son,ª and saidª° unto¹ him, My son:ª and he saidª° unto¹ him, Behold,¹ [here am] I. ... And he said,ª° Behold¹ now,¹ I am old,ª° I knowª° not¹ the dayª of my death:ª" {Gen 27:1-2} + "And when Jacobª had made an endª° of commandingª°¹ his sons,ª he gathered upª° his feetª into¹ the bed,ª and yielded up the ghost,ª° and was gatheredª° unto¹ his people.ª" {Gen 49:33} + "Thou shalt comeª° to¹ [thy] graveª in a full age,ª like as a shock of cornª cometh inª° in his season.ª" {Job 5:26} + "Also¹ [when] they shall be afraidª° of [that which is] high,ª¹ and fearsª [shall be] in the way,ª and the almond treeª shall flourish,ª° and the grasshopperª shall be a burden,ª° and desireª shall fail:ª° because¹ manª goethª° to¹ his longª home,ª and the mournersª° go aboutª° the streets:ª ... Then shall the dustª returnª° to¹ the earthª as it was:¹¹ and the spiritª shall returnª° unto¹ Godª who¹ gaveª° it." {Ecc 12:5-7}
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