Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.
And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.
Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.
And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.
And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.
And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.
And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:
And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.
Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.
And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?
And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.
And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?
Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.
Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.
Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.
And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel:
And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:
And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:
And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:
And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:
And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:
And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:
And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:
There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth.
Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.
They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;
And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;
When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.
For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.
So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.
And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.
Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.
I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
See, the Lord God is my helper; who will give a decision against me? truly, all of them will become old like a robe; they will be food for the worm.
Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?
And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.
And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.
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