Quotes About Heritage

They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

He saw Ephraimís sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Josephís knees.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,

And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.

And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!í”

These were the heads of their fathersí houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

And Amram married his fatherís sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.

Aaronís son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.