'Time' in the Bible

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard.

At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord.

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he had other sons and daughters.

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.

"While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease."

Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)

At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

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

At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do.

So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.

Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.

The Lord's angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

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

When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Isaac said, "Since I am so old, I could die at any time.

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"

Then Jacob said, "Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more."

Finally Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. I want to have marital relations with her."

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him." That is why he was named Levi.

She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "This time I will praise the Lord." That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Give me some of your son's mandrakes."

God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went."

At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.

After some time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake. The blessing of the Lord was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive."

We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.'

But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph's house. They said, "We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!"

They said, "My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time.

The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.