'Older' in the Bible
Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.
The Lord said to her,“Two nations are in your womb;And two peoples will be separated from your body;And one people shall be stronger than the other;And the older shall serve the younger.”
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.”
Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.