and this is the story of Jacob's family. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, took care of the sheep and goats with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's concubines. He brought bad reports to his father about what his brothers were doing.

and to register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to work in the Tent of the LORD's presence.

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years.

When Jesus began his work, he was about thirty years old. He was the son, so people thought, of Joseph, who was the son of Heli,

David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much and chose him as the man to carry his weapons.

King Rehoboam consulted the older men who had served as his father Solomon's advisers. "What answer do you advise me to give these people?" he asked.

But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.

Show me someone who does a good job, and I will show you someone who is better than most and worthy of the company of kings.

The king talked with them all, and Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah impressed him more than any of the others. So they became members of the king's court.

Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man."

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence---