Quotes about Generations

And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.

But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’

if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,

So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,