7 occurrences

'Grown up' in the Bible

So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfGrowing UpClothing OneselfPeople Stripping OffSitting In The GatewaydisguisesUsing RoadsDistinctive ClothingGiving In Marriage

Years later, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.

Verse ConceptsVisitingGrowing UpForced Labourempathymanhood

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceImmaturityThe Elders GatheredMan's CounselRejectionBad Counsel

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

Verse ConceptsFingersBroadnessRemoving BurdensLight YokeFingers Of PeopleEasy Burdens

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones serving him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceThe Elderly

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ This is what you should say to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

Verse ConceptsFingersDagon

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Adult (12 instances)
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Grown-Up (1 instance)

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