Quotes About Descendants

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

All these are the clans of Noahís sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.