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But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
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Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,
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and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
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Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”
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And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.
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He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
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He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
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Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,
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and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”
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He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”
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The Death of Sarah
Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.
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Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.
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Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”
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So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
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Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.”
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Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
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Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
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He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.
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After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank.
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And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
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He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
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After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind.
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The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
