'Approaching' in the Bible

“But as the time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

“As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided to visit his brothers, the Israelites.

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:

As Saul traveled along and was approaching Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.

On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

"But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, and in the middle of the night the sailors thought they were approaching land.