Really Old Dudes and Dudettes (Mostly in Genesis)
So Many Children
Let's Eat! Food Food Food
A Time to Weep
Colors: Across the Biblical Spectrum
200

This "first man" lived to be 930 years old.

Adam (Genesis 5:3)

200

Who was Noah's youngest son?

Ham

200

What four famous young men refused to eat the rich foods of the king of Babylon?

Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

200

Who wept over the death of his rebellious son, Absalom?

David

200

What doting father gave his favorite son a coat of many colors?

Jacob

400

Oldest man who ever lived.

Methuselah — 969 years (Genesis 5:27)

400

What king was the youngest of 8 brothers?

David

400

Who traded his bread-and-lentil stew for his brother's birthright?

Jacob

400

Who wept because he realized David had a chance to kill him but chose not to?

Saul

400

According to the Psalms, what color is the sinner after being washed by God?

Whiter than snow

600

Age of Sarah, Abraham's wife, when she died in Genesis 23:1.

127 years old.

600

Who were the first twins mentioned in the Bible?

Jacob and Esau

600

What did Ezekiel's edible scroll taste like?

Honey
600

Who wept "crocodile tears" in front of Samson when he didn't disclose a secret to her?

Delilah

600

In the Gospel of Mark, what color was the robe that Jesus wore when the soldiers mocked him?

Purple

800

Enoch was this old before God "took him away."

365 years (Genesis 5:23-24)

800

Who, in the Old Testament, made sacrifices in case any of his children had sinned?

Job

800

Who ate honey out of a lion's carcass?

Samson

800

Who wept bitterly after denying Jesus?

Peter

800

What color cord was the prostitute Rahab supposed to tie to her window so the Israelites would recognize her home?

Scarlet

1000

Age of Anna, the Prophetess in Luke 2:37, when she praised God when Jesus was presented in the temple.

84 years old

1000

Who was Jacob's favorite son?

Joseph

1000

Who cursed a fig tree for not bearing fruit?

Jesus

1000

Jesus wept over the death of a good friend.  Who was that friend?

Lazarus

1000

Who raised the question about whether there was flavor in the white of an egg?

Job