The number 20
Redemption, expectancy, waiting period
Twenty represents a complete or perfect waiting period. Jacob waited 20 years for his wives and possessions. Israel waited 20 years for deliverance under Jabin. Solomon spent 20 years building the temple and his palace.
In Hebrew and Greek
Hebrew
Esrim (עֶשְׂרִים) - twenty
Greek
Eikosi (εἴκοσι) - twenty
First occurrence
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
The pattern in Scripture
- Jacob served Laban 20 years
- Solomon's building projects took 20 years
- 20 years under Jabin (Judg 4:3)
- Age of military service (Num 1:3)
Key verses
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his da...
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be tw...
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and t...
20:20 verses
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be bef...
And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall be...
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a s...
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them d...
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in a...