Quotes About Continuity

When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.

The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.

The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.

“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlonís widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

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

Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,

Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah,

Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.

Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.