then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.

If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men – both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house.

They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Letters were sent by the runners to all the king’s provinces stating that they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.