¹  it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger,” ² 

Now Elihu had waited before speaking ¹  to Job, because the others ²  were older than he was.

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity.

The gray-haired ¹  and the aged are on our side, ²  men far older than your father. ³ 

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, ¹  sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. ² 

And sons were also born ¹  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ²  the father of all the sons of Eber.

The older daughter ¹  gave birth to a son and named him Moab. ²  He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

(Now Laban had two daughters; ¹  the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

“Now his older son was in the field. As ¹  he came and approached the house, he heard music ²  and dancing.

Do not address an older man harshly ¹  but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, ² 

Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

The residents of Jerusalem ¹  made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. ²  So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

The king responded to the people harshly. He ¹  rejected the advice of the older men

and the Lord said to her, “Two nations ¹  are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

So that night they made their father drunk with wine, ¹  and the older daughter ²  came and had sexual relations with her father. ³  But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. ⁴ 

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north ¹  of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south ²  of you, was Sodom ³  with her daughters.

Later the older daughter said ¹  to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby ²  to have sexual relations with us, ³  according to the way of all the world.

Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah ¹  the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. ²  Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

“It is not our custom here,” ¹  Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage ²  before the firstborn.

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men