Quotes About Lineage

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.

Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

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

But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

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.

regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Nor because they are Abrahamís descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

Not only that, but Rebeccaís children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.