He imprisoned them all for three days.

God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

The waters prevailed over the earth for 150 days.

Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left.

So that same day Esau made his way back to Seir.

Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her.

By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.

On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

“This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent three days.