When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,

When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

May his days be few! ¹  May another take his job! ² 

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

“Man, born of woman, ¹  lives but a few days, ²  and they are full of trouble. ³ 

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Someone ¹  asked ²  him, “Lord, will only a few ³  be saved?” So ⁴  he said to them,

Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few ¹  prominent ²  Greek women and men.

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. ¹ 

The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, ¹  who lived ²  in Ashtaroth and Edrei

Are not my days few? ¹  Cease, ²  then, and leave ³  me alone, ⁴  that I may find a little comfort, ⁵ 

For the years that lie ahead are few, ¹  and then I will go on the way of no return. ² 

There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them. ¹ 

But take a few strands of hair ¹  from those and tie them in the ends of your garment. ² 

Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven – and a few small fish.”

They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

But Rebekah’s ¹  brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. ¹  But they seemed like only a few days to him ²  because his love for her was so great. ³ 

but if only a few years remain ¹  until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption.

and see ¹  what the land is like, ²  and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,