35 occurrences

'Old' in the Bible

Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodNoahThe Age At Fatherhood

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

Verse ConceptsGiantsAntediluviansBefore The FloodWarriorsMarital SexAngels As Sons Of GodMarital Sex BetweenAngels Interacting With PeoplePeople Have HonourInterracial MarriageSame Sex Marriageheroes

Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsBefore The Flood

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodTwo YearsThe Age At FatherhoodDispensationsFloods

So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamFaith, Nature OfAbraham, The Friend Of GodAbraham, Calling And LifeGoing Together

So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

Verse ConceptsGoatsAbrahamdovesCarcass, Literal UsePigeonsAnimals, Types OfHeifersAnimals At Specific Ages

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

Verse ConceptsThe Age At Fatherhood

And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfLess Than A Year OldBorn In One's HouseCircumcisionGroups Of Slaves

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Verse ConceptsOld Age, DisabilitiesHumourOld Age, Attainment OfUnbelief, And Life Of FaithChildlessnessSkepticismAge Differences In RelationshipsThe Age At FatherhoodReasons For BarrennessThe Promise Of A BabyAgeHaving A BabySmilingbabysarah

Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

Verse ConceptsHumourPeople Wearing OutSoliloquyThe Promise Of A BabysexHaving A Babysarah

And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?’

Verse ConceptsWhy Do Others Do This?The Promise Of A Babysarah

Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of SexFirstborn DaughtersNo One AvailableUnpremeditatedFather And Daughter Relationships

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

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTLess Than A Year OldGod's Orders

Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Verse ConceptsThe Age At FatherhoodThe Promise Of A Babysarah

And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Verse ConceptsNursesOld Age, Attainment OfHope For Old PeopleImpossible For PeopleAgesarah

Now Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersHope For Old People

Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfAfterlifeAgingDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeathAge

and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsNamed Sisters

Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

Verse ConceptsHeelsGraspingPeople With Apt NamesTwin Brothers

When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;

Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsPolygamy

Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfOld Age, DisabilitiesEyes, Affected BydisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfVisionWeakness, PhysicalDimness Of VisionBehold Me!Others Summoning

Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfOld Age, Attainment OfDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A FatherFamily Death

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThirtyTravelAuthority Delegated To People

Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, “Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

Verse ConceptsLiving On

We said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofJacob, Life And Character OfPrejudiceSole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Who LovedExamples Of Love For Children

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