'Elder' in the Bible

And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.

And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son. And he said unto him, Here am I.

And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.

And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

And Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;

The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder'sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bare sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;

The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.