'Days' in the Bible

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years.

Then the Lord God said to the serpent:Because you have done this,you are cursed more than any livestockand more than any wild animal.You will move on your bellyand eat dust all the days of your life.

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:The ground is cursed because of you.You will eat from it by means of painful laborall the days of your life.

And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.”

The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe off from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Seven days later the waters of the flood came on the earth.

and the rain fell on the earth 40 days and 40 nights.

The flood continued for 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.

And the waters surged on the earth 150 days.

The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the waters had decreased significantly.

After 40 days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,

So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.

After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again.

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

Throughout your generations, every male among you at eight days old is to be circumcised. This includes a slave born in your house and one purchased with money from any foreigner. The one who is not your offspring,

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

And Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines for many days.

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us for about 10 days. Then she can go.”

The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s slaves had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

Isaac reopened the water wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart: “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

and stay with him for a few days until your brother’s anger subsides—

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him at Mount Gilead.

He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

“This is its interpretation,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.

“This is its interpretation,” Joseph replied. “The three baskets are three days.

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from off you—and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”

So Joseph imprisoned them together for three days.

Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.

They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.

When the days of mourning were over, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s household, “If I have found favor with you, please tell Pharaoh that

When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.