16 Emvakwaloko, Jobe waphila iminyaka leli-140; waze wabona bantfwabakhe, nebantfwana bebantfwabakhe, kwaze kwayawufika esitukulwaneni sesine.
Thera wafela lapho eHarani asaneminyaka lengema-205.
Abrahama waphila iminyaka leli-175.
Isaka wafa asaneminyaka leli-180.
Jakobe wahlala eveni laseGibhithe iminyaka leli-17. Iminyaka yekuphila kwaJakobe yaba li-147.
Josefa wakhula, wadzimate wabona bantfwana ba-Efrayimu nebatukulu bakhe; wabona nebantfwana baMakhire, umsa waManase; Josefa wabafaka emndenini wakhe.
Ngako-ke Josefa wafela eGibhithe asaneminyaka leli-110, sidvumbu sakhe somiswa ngemitsi, kuze singaboli, sabe sesiyalondvolotwa.
Kulo lonkhe live bekute besifazane lababebahle kwendlula emadvodzakati aJobe; uyise wawabela lifa kanye nebafowabo.
Jobe wafa asamdzala, asakhulile ngeminyaka.
Shangatsi ungaphila uze ukhokhobe, uze ubone nebatukulu bakho. Kuthula akube na-Israyeli.
Iminyaka yekuphila kwetfu ingiminyaka lengemashumi lasikhombisa, nangabe sisacinile iba ngiminyaka lengemashumi lasiphohlongo; noko linyenti laleyo minyaka seliphetse kuhlupheka nelusizi. Kuphila kwetfu kwendlula ngekushesha, yebo, siyandiza sihambe.
Kubantfu labadzala kungumchele lomuhle kuba nebatukulu; nasetinsizweni kunjalo, boyise baludvumo lwato.
Mosi abesaneminyaka leli-120 budzala ngesikhatsi afa, noko emehlo akhe abengakacundzeki, kantsi futsi nasemtimbeni abesecinile.
Emvakwaloko Joshuwa, umsa waNuni, inceku yaSimakadze, wafa asaneminyaka leli-110 budzala.