'Time' in the Bible

So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground.

These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.

He said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do;

Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.

He said, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them.”

Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may go in to her.”

She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi.

And she conceived again and bore a son and said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

And it came about at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, and mottled.

And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Now after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

It came about at the time she was giving birth, that behold, there were twins in her womb.

It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; thus the Lord’s blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time.

He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.

Now the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us, and take us for slaves with our donkeys.”

and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.

When the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt,