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«And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: eldest, youngest
«And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Abinadab, eldest, Jesse, The Names
«And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.»
«And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: eldest, one by one
«And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; / Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.»
«And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: / And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: / And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.»
«And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: dim, eldest
«And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: eldest, sack, searched, youngest
«And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.»
«And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: / And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: / And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.»