39 verses contain “younger” (in the KJV: 32, in the BSB: 34) — showing 1–39
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And
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his
younger son had done unto him.
And the
firstborn said unto the
younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the
firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay
yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
The next day the older daughter said to the
younger, “Look, I
slept with my father last night. Let us get him
drunk with wine again
tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
So again that night they got their father
drunk with wine, and the
younger daughter went in and
slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
And the
younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of
Ammon unto this day.
The
younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the
Ammonites of
today.
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy
womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy
bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the
younger.
and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your
womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the
younger.”
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
Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son
Esau, and she put them on her
younger son Jacob.
And these words of
Esau her elder son were told to
Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her
younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother
Esau, as touching thee,
doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
When the words of her older son
Esau were relayed to
Rebekah, she sent for her
younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother
Esau is
consoling himself by
plotting to kill you.
And
Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the
younger was
Rachel.
Now
Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the
younger was named
Rachel.
And Jacob loved
Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy
younger daughter.
Since Jacob loved
Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your
younger daughter
Rachel.”
And
Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the
younger before the
firstborn.
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the
younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Finish this week’s
celebration, and we will give you the
younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your
younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be
gracious unto thee, my son.
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be
gracious to you, my son.”
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the
younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands
wittingly; for
Manasseh was the
firstborn.
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the
younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on
Manasseh’s head, although
Manasseh was the
firstborn.
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
And Othniel the son of Kenaz,
Caleb’s
younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
So Othniel son of
Caleb’s
younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and
Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
And when the children of Israel
cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz,
Caleb’s
younger brother.
But when the Israelites
cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of
Caleb’s
younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
And her father said, I
verily thought that thou hadst utterly
hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her
younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
“I was sure that you thoroughly
hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her
younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD
bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the
younger men, whether rich or poor.
Now the sons of Saul were
Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the
firstborn Merab, and the name of the
younger Michal:
Now the sons of Saul were
Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his
firstborn) and Michal (his
younger daughter).
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and
Zadok, and
Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their
younger brethren.
As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of
Zadok,
Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their
younger brothers alike.
But now they that are
younger than I have me in
derision, whose fathers I would have
disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
“But now they
mock me, men
younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to
entrust with my sheep dogs.
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy
younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is
Sodom and her daughters.
Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your
younger sister was
Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be
ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy
younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
Then you will remember your ways and be
ashamed when you receive your older and
younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
There were also women looking on
afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and
Salome;
And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the
younger and of Joses, and
Salome.
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
And not many days after the
younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with
riotous living.
After a few days, the
younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he
squandered his wealth in wild living.
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the
younger; and he that is chief, as he that
doth serve.
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the
younger men as brethren;
Do not
rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat
younger men as brothers,
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
But the
younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax
wanton against Christ, they will marry;
But refuse to
enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
I will therefore that the
younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak
reproachfully.
Likewise, ye
younger, submit
yourselves unto the elder.
Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Young men, in the same way, submit
yourselves to your elders. And all of you,
clothe yourselves with
humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
He sent also that
detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand, commanding him to
slay all those that were in their best age, and to sell the women and the
younger sort: