Quotes About Heritage

the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

Doesnít the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

“We are Abrahamís descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

I know you are Abrahamís descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.

You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ëThrough your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.í

So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.