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 

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

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 

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,

Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you ¹  among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) ¹  Moses defeated them and took their lands. ² 

There was once ¹  a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging ²  it and building strong ³  siege works against it.

If the Lord who commands armies ¹  had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, ²  we would have become like Gomorrah.

Indeed, a large vineyard ¹  will produce just a few gallons, ²  and enough seed to yield several bushels ³  will produce less than a bushel.” ⁴ 

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All ¹  the years of my travels ²  are 130. All ³  the years of my life have been few and painful; ⁴  the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.” ⁵ 

There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, ¹  because you will have disobeyed ²  the Lord your God.