Quotes About Heritage

that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.

The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.

Now Naomi had a relative on her husbandís side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”

“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

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.”

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,

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

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

Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

His wifeís name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saulís uncle Ner.

Saulís father Kish and Abnerís father Ner were sons of Abiel.

Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.