Later

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

…the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.

Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,

When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)

Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.

Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel

When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.

Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.

Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.

Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.

Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.

Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

…from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

…but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.

‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’

A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.

Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”

About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.

He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:

About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.

Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

…nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.