'Age' in the Bible

But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had told him.

She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.”

Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.

These are the family records of Jacob.At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a robe of many colors for him.

They were seated before him in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.

and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

Joseph died at the age of 110. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.

After these things, the Lord’s servant, Joshua son of Nun, died at the age of 110.

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110.

Then Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

“‘Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestral family, so that none in your family will reach old age.

You will see distress in the place of worship, in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.

Jeroboam’s wife did that: she went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Ahijah could not see; his gaze was fixed due to his age.

The rest of all the events of Asa’s reign, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. But in his old age he developed a disease in his feet.

He died at a ripe old age, full of days, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon became king in his place.

I thought that age should speakand maturity should teach wisdom.

Don’t discard me in my old age;as my strength fails, do not abandon me.

They will still bear fruit in old age,healthy and green,

I will be the same until your old age,and I will bear you up when you turn gray.I have made you, and I will carry you;I will bear and save you.

Instead of your being deserted and hated,with no one passing through,I will make you an object of eternal pride,a joy from age to age.

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of My garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

yet he said to Daniel, “My lord the king assigned your food and drink. I’m afraid of what would happen if he saw your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age. You would endanger my life with the king.”

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62.

He stands and shakes the earth;He looks and startles the nations.The age-old mountains break apart;the ancient hills sink down.His pathways are ancient.

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of advanced age.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.

Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: In the Messianic Age, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come.

And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.”

Jesus told them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

“But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he’s of age. He will speak for himself.”

This is why his parents said, “He’s of age; ask him.”

“As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided to visit his brothers, the Israelites.

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

But if any man thinks he is acting improperly toward his virgin, if she is past marriageable age, and so it must be, he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

storing up for themselves a good reserve for the age to come, so that they may take hold of life that is real.

instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age,

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the One who had promised was faithful.