And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.
And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.
And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
35:28 The age and death of Isaac are here recorded, though it appears by computation that he died not 'till many years after Joseph was sold into Egypt, and much about the time that he was preferred there. Isaac, a mild quiet man, lived the longest of all the patriarchs, for he was one hundred and eighty years old: Abraham was but one hundred and seventy-five. Isaac lived about forty years after he had made his will, Genesis 27:2. We shall not die an hour the sooner, but abundance the better, for our timely setting of our heart and house in order. Particular notice is taken of the amicable agreement of Esau and Jacob in solemnizing their father's funeral, Genesis 35:29, to shew how God had wonderfully changed Esau's mind, since he vowed his brother's murder, upon his father's death, Genesis 27:41. God has many ways of preventing ill men from doing the mischief they in tended; he can either tie their hands, or turn their hearts.