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What the Bible Says About Years

Overview

The Bible addresses years across 27 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Genesis, Isaiah and Daniel. Closely related themes include Time, Seed, Day and Early Rising. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Noah, Abraham, Adam and Seth.

Key Bible verses about years

Old Testament

Genesis

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 5:3

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates

Genesis 7:24

And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. continually: Heb. in going and returning

Genesis 8:13

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. While: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth

Genesis 25:7

And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

People in the Bible and years

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying years for yourself

  • Begin with Genesis 1:14, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Genesis, Isaiah and Daniel each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Noah, Abraham and Adam and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Time, Seed, Day and Early Rising.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about years?

The Bible addresses years across 27 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Genesis, Isaiah and Daniel. Closely related themes include Time, Seed, Day and Early Rising. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Noah, Abraham, Adam and Seth.

How many Bible verses are about years?

The Bible references years in 27 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention years?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 1:14: “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night”

Which people in the Bible are associated with years?

Noah, Abraham, Adam, Seth and Elisabeth.

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