But the Lord said to him, “All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the Lord put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.

The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

Sarah lived 127 years.

When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.

Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.

And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.

In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”

And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.

Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.