Years

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

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

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

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

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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

Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

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

After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

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

Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

And Isaac lived 180 years.

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,

…but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.

This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.

During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.

Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

…the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’