Quotes About Life

But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

Then Isaacís servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

On that same day, Isaacís servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

And Isaac lived 180 years.

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

After a long time Judahís wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”

“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.