Isaac and Rebekah

24 Abraham was now very old,^(A) and the Lord had blessed^(B) him in every way.^(C)

¹⁰ “Now then, just as the Lord promised,^(A) he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved^(B) about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!^(C)

Joshua’s Farewell to the Leaders

23 After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest^(A) from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,^(B)

² summoned all Israel—their elders,^(A) leaders, judges and officials^(B)—and said to them: “I am very old.^(C)

Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him.