Quotes about Lineage
Sometimes it's blood memory... not the blood your mother and father gave you... but that which stretches back two or three thousand years.
- Martha Graham
Paul makes it clear enough that it takes more than an Abrahamic pedigree to be a child of God. To be a child of God requires faith in Christ.
- Martin Luther
Simeon was the ancestor of Judas Iscariot.
- Martin Luther
Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 4:18
And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:7
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
- Genesis 5:9
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
- Genesis 5:12
When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
- Genesis 5:15
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
- Genesis 5:18
And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 6:10
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Genesis 10:3
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- Genesis 10:15