'Years' in the Bible

Then God said, "Let there be lights across the sky to distinguish day from night, to act as signs for seasons, days, and years,

After Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son just like him, that is, according to his own likeness, and named him Seth.

Adam lived another 800 years, fathering other sons and daughters after he had fathered Seth.

Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then died.

When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.

After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived 807 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then died.

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.

After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then died.

When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.

After he fathered Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then died.

When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.

After he fathered Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then died.

When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch.

After he fathered Enoch, Jared lived 800 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then died.

When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.

After he fathered Methuselah, Enoch communed with God for 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

Enoch lived a total of 365 years,

When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

After he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then died.

When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son,

After he fathered Noah, Lamech lived 595 years, fathering other sons and daughters.

Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then died.

After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

So the LORD said, "My Spirit won't remain with human beings forever, because they're truly mortal. Their lifespan will be 120 years."

Noah was 600 years old when water began to flood the earth.

On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened,

Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

After Noah had lived a total of 950 years, he died.

These are the family records of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.

Shem lived 500 years after he fathered Arpachshad and had other sons and daughters.

When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Cainan.

After he fathered Cainan, Arpachshad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then died. Cainan lived 130 years and fathered Shelah. After he fathered Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters, and then died.

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.

After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.

After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu.

After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor.

After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah.

After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

where Terah died at the age of 205 years.

So Abram left there, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot accompanied him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.

They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but they rebelled in the thirteenth year.

Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be certain about this: Your descendants will be foreigners in a land that isn't theirs. They will be slaves there and will be oppressed for 400 years.

Abram listened to Sarai's suggestion, so Abram's wife Sarai took her Egyptian servant, Hagar, and gave her as a wife to her husband Abram. This took place ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.

Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram.

When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and announced, "I am God Almighty. Live in constant awareness that I'm always with you, and be blameless.

Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised,

and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.

Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Sarah lived for 127 years. That's how long Sarah's life was.

Abraham lived for 175 years,

Ishmael lived for 137 years, then he took his last breath, died, and joined his ancestors.

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

After that, his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.

When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Jacob loved Rachel, so he made this offer to Laban: "I'll serve you for seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but it seemed like only a few days because of his love for her.

The next morning, Jacob realized that it was Leah! "What have you done to me?" he demanded of Laban. "Didn't I serve you for seven years in order to marry Rachel? Why did you deceive me?"

Fulfill the week for this daughter, then we'll give you the other one in exchange for serving me another seven years."

So Jacob completed another seven years' work, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

Jacob also married Rachel, since he loved her. He served Laban another full seven years' work for Rachel.

Meanwhile, these past 20 years that I've been with you, your sheep and goats never had miscarriages, I never once ate any of the rams from your flock,

I've lived in your house these 20 years serving fourteen years for your two daughters and another six years for your flocks. During all that time you changed my wages ten times.

Isaac had lived a total of 180 years

When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was helping his brothers tend their flocks. He was a young man at that time, as were the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. But Joseph would come back and tell his father that his brothers were doing bad things. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his brothers, since he was born to him in his old age, so he had made a richly-embroidered tunic for him.

Some years later, Shua's daughter (that is, Judah's wife) died. As Judah was grieving, he visited the shearers of his flock in Timnah, accompanied by his Adullamite friend Hirah.

Two years later to the day Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River,

The seven healthy cows represent seven years, as do the seven healthy ears. The dreams are identical.

The seven gaunt cows that arose after the healthy cows are seven years, as are the seven gaunt ears scorched by the east wind. There will be seven years of famine.

Be advised that seven years of phenomenal abundance are coming throughout all the land of Egypt,

but after them seven years of famine are ahead, during which all of the abundance will be forgotten throughout the land of Egypt. The famine will ravage the land so severely that

Also, let Pharaoh immediately proceed to appoint supervisors over the land of Egypt, who will collect one fifth of its agricultural production during the coming seven years of abundance.

Let them collect all the food during the coming fruitful years, store up the grain in cities governed by Pharaoh's authority, and place it under guard.

Let the food be kept in reserve to feed the land for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout Egypt, so the people don't die during the famine."

Joseph was 30 years old when he began to serve Pharaoh, king of Egypt, by traveling throughout the land of Egypt, independent from Pharaoh's oversight.

While bumper crops grew during the seven abundant years,

Before the years of famine arrived, Joseph fathered two sons with Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.

As soon as the seven years of abundance throughout the land of Egypt ended,

the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. It was an international famine, but there was food everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.

That's because this famine has been going on for two years now in this region, and there are still five years left, during which there won't be any plowing or harvesting.

I'll provide for you there, since there are still five years of famine left to go, and you, your households, and everything you own would have otherwise become impoverished.

"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."

He lived for seventeen more years in Egypt, until he was 147 years old.

Joseph continued to live in Egypt, along with his father's household, until he was 110 years old.

Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.