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The concept of descendants is pivotal in the Bible, as it is closely tied to God's covenants, blessings, and the unfolding of His redemptive plan. Abraham's Descendants One of the most significant promises concerning descendants is found in God's covenant with Abraham. In <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a>, God promises Abraham, "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you." This promise is reiterated in <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a>, where God tells Abraham, "Look at the heavens and count the stars, if you are able. So shall your offspring be." Abraham's descendants, through Isaac and Jacob, become the nation of Israel, a central focus of the Old Testament narrative. The promise to Abraham is foundational, as it establishes the Israelites as God's chosen people and sets the stage for the coming of the Messiah, who would bring blessings to all nations. The Descendants of David The promise of descendants is also significant in the Davidic Covenant. In <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-13</a>, God promises King David, "When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever." This covenant points to the eternal reign of David's lineage, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is often referred to as the "Son of David" (<a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a>). The Descendants of Adam and Eve The Bible traces the lineage of humanity back to Adam and Eve, the first human beings created by God. In <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a>, God speaks of the enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between their offspring: "He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." This verse is often interpreted as the first messianic prophecy, indicating that a descendant of Eve would ultimately defeat Satan. Spiritual Descendants In the New Testament, the concept of descendants takes on a spiritual dimension. Believers in Christ are considered spiritual descendants of Abraham. <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a> states, "And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise." This highlights the inclusion of Gentiles into the family of God through faith in Jesus Christ, expanding the understanding of descendants beyond physical lineage to include spiritual kinship. The Role of Descendants in God's Plan Throughout the Bible, descendants play a crucial role in the unfolding of God's plan. They are often the recipients of God's promises and covenants, serving as a means through which God accomplishes His purposes on earth. The genealogies found in Scripture, such as those in Genesis, Chronicles, and the Gospels, underscore the importance of lineage and heritage in the biblical narrative. In summary, the concept of descendants in the Bible is deeply intertwined with God's promises, covenants, and the fulfillment of His redemptive plan through Jesus Christ. The emphasis on both physical and spiritual descendants highlights the continuity of God's work across generations and the inclusive nature of His salvation.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5443.htm">5443. phule -- a clan or tribe</a> ... 5443 (from 5453 , "to generate") -- a tribe (race, lineage); the descendants of a common ancestor, like the progeny springing from Jacob (Israel). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5443.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3751.htm">3751. osphus -- the loin</a> ... slain.]. Word Origin a prim. word Definition the loin NASB Word Usage descendants* (1), descended* (1), loins (2), waist (2). loin. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3751.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2798.htm">2798. klados -- a branch</a> ... Masculine Transliteration: klados Phonetic Spelling: (klad'-os) Short Definition: a branch Definition: a young tender shoot, then: a branch; met: of descendants ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2798.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2474.htm">2474. Israel -- Israel, the name of the Jewish people and their ...</a> ... Israel. Of Hebrew origin (Yisra'el); Israel (ie Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively) -- Israel. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2474.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3624.htm">3624. oikos -- a house, a dwelling</a> ... word Definition a house, a dwelling NASB Word Usage descendants (1), families (1), family (1), home (18), homes (2), house (79), household (14), households (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3624.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2590.htm">2590. karpos -- fruit</a> ... word Definition fruit NASB Word Usage benefit (2), crop (5), crops (2), descendants* (1), fruit (43), fruitful (1), fruits (4), grain (1), harvest (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2590.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4690.htm">4690. sperma -- that which is sown, ie seed</a> ... Word Origin from speiro Definition that which is sown, ie seed NASB Word Usage children (7), conceive* (1), descendant (4), descendants (16), posterity (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4690.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6336.htm">6336. Puthi -- a family in Judah</a> ... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a family in Judah NASB Word Usage Puthites (1). Puhites, descendants of an unknown Puth. ... /hebrew/6336.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6133.htm">6133. eqer -- an offshoot, member</a> ... 6132, 6133. eqer. 6134 . an offshoot, member. Transliteration: eqer Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-ker) Short Definition: descendants. ... /hebrew/6133.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm">2233. zera -- a sowing, seed, offspring</a> ... 2232, 2233. zera. 2234 . a sowing, seed, offspring. Transliteration: zera Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-rah) Short Definition: descendants. ... /hebrew/2233.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm">1121. ben -- son</a> ... and your children's (1), children and children's (1), children's (2), children's children (5), colt (1), colts (1), common (2), descendants (14), descendants ... /hebrew/1121.htm - 8k <a href="/hebrew/3211.htm">3211. yalid -- born</a> ... 3210, 3211. yalid. 3212 . born. Transliteration: yalid Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-leed') Short Definition: descendants. Word Origin ... /hebrew/3211.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7781.htm">7781. Shuphami -- descendant of Shephupham</a> ... Shuphamite. Patronymic from Shphuwpham; a Shuphamite (collectively) or descendants of Shephupham -- Shuphamite. see HEBREW Shphuwpham. 7780, 7781. ... /hebrew/7781.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5867.htm">5867. Eylam -- a son of Shem, also his desc. and their country</a> ... Or mowlam (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36) {o-lawm'}; probably from alam; hidden, ie Distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of ... /hebrew/5867.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/5625.htm">5625. Sardi -- descendant of Sered</a> ... of Sered NASB Word Usage Seredites (1). Sardites. Patron from Cered; a Seredite (collectively) or descendants of Sered -- Sardites. see HEBREW Cered. ... /hebrew/5625.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2539.htm">2539. Chamuli -- descendant of Hamul</a> ... Hamulites. Patronymically from Chamuwl: a Chamulite (collectively) or descendants of Chamul -- Hamulites. see HEBREW Chamuwl. 2538, 2539. Chamuli. 2540 . ... /hebrew/2539.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8470.htm">8470. Tachani -- descendant of Tahan</a> ... entreaty, supplication. Patronymically from Tachan; a Tachanite (collectively) or descendants of Tachan -- Tahanites. see HEBREW Tachan. 8469, 8470. ... /hebrew/8470.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/43_what_say_you_o.htm">What Say You, O Offspring and Descendants of the Supreme Deity? ...</a> ... Book II. 43 What say you, O offspring and descendants of the Supreme Deity? Did these souls? What say you, O offspring and descendants of the Supreme Deity? ... /.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/43 what say you o.htm<a href="/library/pamphilius/church_history/chapter_xix_domitian_commands_the_descendants.htm">Domitian Commands the Descendants of David to be Slain.</a> ... Book III. Chapter XIX."Domitian commands the Descendants of David to be slain. But when this same Domitian had commanded that ... /.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xix domitian commands the descendants.htm<a href="/library/pamphilius/church_history/chapter_xii_vespasian_commands_the_descendants.htm">Vespasian Commands the Descendants of David to be Sought.</a> ... Book III. Chapter XII."Vespasian commands the Descendants of David to be sought. He also relates that Vespasian after the conquest ... /.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xii vespasian commands the descendants.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_also_other_sins_of.htm">Whether Also Other Sins of the First Parent or of Nearer Ancestors ...</a> ... OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF MAN (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether also other sins of the first parent or of nearer ancestors are transmitted to their descendants ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether also other sins of.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_first_sin_of.htm">Whether the First Sin of Our First Parent is Contracted by his ...</a> ... OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF MAN (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether the first sin of our first parent is contracted by his descendants, by way of origin? ... //christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the first sin of.htm<a href="/library/tidwell/the_bible_period_by_period/chapter_ii_from_the_fall.htm">From the Fall to the Flood.</a> ... He also allowed him to prosper and it was through his descendants that civilization began to show itself. Cain and Seth-Two Races. ... /.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter ii from the fall.htm<a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_cxxxix_the_blessings_and_also.htm">The Blessings, and Also the Curse, Pronounced by Noah were ...</a> ... [2480] Now, in what he said, he foretold that the descendants of Shem would keep in retention the property and dwellings of Canaan: and again that the ... /.../chapter cxxxix the blessings and also.htm<a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_10_of_the_genealogy_of.htm">Of the Genealogy of Shem, in Whose Line the City of God is ...</a> ... men named were the only men, but may understand how the population increased, and how regions and kingdoms so vast could be populated by the descendants of Shem ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 10 of the genealogy of.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_in_the_state_of_9.htm">Whether in the State of Innocence Children Would have Been Born ...</a> ... Therefore, if the first man had persevered in righteousness, his descendants would have derived from him the necessity of preserving righteousness. ... //christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether in the state of 9.htm<a href="/library/pink/the_redeemers_return/4_the_millennium_in_relation.htm">The Millennium in Relation to Israel.</a> ... The vision of the smoking furnace and the burning lamp intimated that the history of Abraham's descendants was to be a checkered one. ... /.../pink/the redeemers return/4 the millennium in relation.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/descendants.htm">Descendants (326 Occurrences)</a> ...Descendants (326 Occurrences). ... (WEY). Matthew 23:31 "So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets. ... /d/descendants.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/r/rechabites.htm">Rechabites (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary The descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. They belonged to the Kenites, who accompanied ... /r/rechabites.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/j/japheth.htm">Japheth (12 Occurrences)</a> ... After the Flood the earth was re-peopled by the descendants of Noah, "the sons of Japheth" (Genesis 10:2), "the sons of Ham" (6), and "the sons of Shem" (22). ... /j/japheth.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations (683 Occurrences)</a> ... " 1. The Table and Its Object 2. What It Includes and Excludes 3. Order of the Three Races 4. Extent of Each 5. Sons of Japheth 6. Sons and Descendants of Ham 7 ... /n/nations.htm - 58k<a href="/topical/h/heredity.htm">Heredity</a> ... and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. ... /h/heredity.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/f/forefather.htm">Forefather (33 Occurrences)</a> ... 3:9 and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from ... /f/forefather.htm - 17k<a href="/topical/c/confusion.htm">Confusion (71 Occurrences)</a> ... every one after his tongue, after their families" (10:5, 20, 31) as due to the orderly migration and gradual spreading of the sons and descendants of Noah, and ... /c/confusion.htm - 39k<a href="/topical/a/amalekite.htm">Amalekite (12 Occurrences)</a> ... They were not the descendants of Amalek, the son of Eliphaz, for they existed in the days of Abraham (Genesis 14:7). They were probably a tribe that migrated ... /a/amalekite.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/a/amalek.htm">Amalek (35 Occurrences)</a> ... 16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AMALEK. ... /a/amalek.htm - 22k<a href="/topical/a/anakim.htm">Anakim (10 Occurrences)</a> ... The descendants of Anak (Joshua 11:21; Numbers 13:33; Deuteronomy 9:2). They dwelt in the south of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Hebron (Genesis 23:2 ... /a/anakim.htm - 13k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/descendants-of-Ishmael.html">Who are the descendants of Ishmael? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Saul-Gibeonites.html">Was the killing of Saul's descendants a just response to Saul's killing of the Gibeonites? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Nephilim-today.html">Are there descendants of the Nephilim in the world today? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/descendants.htm">Descendants: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Descendants (326 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a> and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones. (WEY)<a href="/matthew/23-31.htm">Matthew 23:31</a> "So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets. (WEY NIV)<a href="/mark/3-28.htm">Mark 3:28</a> Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; (WEB)<a href="/luke/1-16.htm">Luke 1:16</a> Many of the descendants of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God; (WEY)<a href="/luke/1-27.htm">Luke 1:27</a> to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. (See NAS)<a href="/luke/1-55.htm">Luke 1:55</a> As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/luke/3-8.htm">Luke 3:8</a> Live lives which shall prove your change of heart; and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones. (WEY)<a href="/john/7-42.htm">John 7:42</a> Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" (See NAS)<a href="/john/8-33.htm">John 8:33</a> "We are descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and have never at any time been in slavery to any one. What do those words of yours mean, 'You shall become free'?" (WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/8-37.htm">John 8:37</a> You are descendants of Abraham, I know; but you want to kill me, because my teaching gains no ground within you. (WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/2-30.htm">Acts 2:30</a> Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/5-21.htm">Acts 5:21</a> Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles. (WEY)<a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Acts 7:5</a> He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6</a> God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/7-23.htm">Acts 7:23</a> "And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel. (WEY)<a href="/acts/7-37.htm">Acts 7:37</a> This is the Moses who said to the descendants of Israel, "'God will raise up a Prophet for you, from among your brethren, just as He raised me up.' (WEY)<a href="/acts/8-33.htm">Acts 8:33</a> In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth." (See NIV)<a href="/acts/9-15.htm">Acts 9:15</a> "Go," replied the Lord; "he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel. (WEY)<a href="/acts/10-36.htm">Acts 10:36</a> The Message which He sent to the descendants of Israel, when He announced the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ--He is Lord of all--that Message you cannot but know; (WEY)<a href="/acts/13-23.htm">Acts 13:23</a> "It is from among David's descendants that God, in fulfilment of His promise, has raised up a Saviour for Israel, even Jesus. (WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/13-26.htm">Acts 13:26</a> "Brethren, descendants of the family of Abraham, and all among you who fear God, to us has this Message of salvation been sent. (WEY)<a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a> For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/4-16.htm">Romans 4:16</a> For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/4-17.htm">Romans 4:17</a> so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, "I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations." (WEY)<a href="/romans/4-18.htm">Romans 4:18</a> Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be." (See NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/9-6.htm">Romans 9:6</a> Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they are not all Israel, who are descendants from Israel? (WBS)<a href="/romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7</a> Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called." (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/romans/9-8.htm">Romans 9:8</a> In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a> Even as Isaiah says in an earlier place, "Were it not that the Lord, the God of Hosts, had left us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and have come to resemble Gomorrah." (WEY NIV)<a href="/romans/9-31.htm">Romans 9:31</a> while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one. (WEY)<a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a> I ask, however, "Have they stumbled so as to be finally ruined?" No, indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to arouse the jealousy of the descendants of Israel; (WEY)<a href="/2_corinthians/11-22.htm">2 Corinthians 11:22</a> Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. (WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a> And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise. (WEY NAS)<a href="/1_timothy/5-4.htm">1 Timothy 5:4</a> but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God. (DBY)<a href="/hebrews/2-16.htm">Hebrews 2:16</a> For assuredly it is not to angels that He is continually reaching a helping hand, but it is to the descendants of Abraham. (WEY RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/6-14.htm">Hebrews 6:14</a> saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." (See NIV)<a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a> And those of the descendants of Levi who receive the priesthood are authorized by the Law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brethren, though these have sprung from Abraham. (WEY RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/11-12.htm">Hebrews 11:12</a> Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/11-18.htm">Hebrews 11:18</a> even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;" (See NAS RSV)<a href="/hebrews/11-22.htm">Hebrews 11:22</a> Through faith Joseph, when he was near his end, made mention of the departure of the descendants of Israel, and gave orders about his own body. (WEY)<a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a> Yet I have a few things against you, because you have with you some that cling to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel--to eat what had been sacrificed to idols, and commit fornication. (WEY)<a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12</a> It has a wall, massive and high, with twelve large gates, and in charge of the gates were twelve angels. And overhead, above the gates, names were inscribed which are those of the twelve tribes of the descendants of Israel. (WEY)<a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Genesis 9:9</a> "As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you, (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">Genesis 11:10</a> This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood. (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27</a> Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a> Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/13-15.htm">Genesis 13:15</a> for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a> I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a> Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be." (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a> He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a> In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full." (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a> In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/16-10.htm">Genesis 16:10</a> The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude." (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a> I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God." (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/17-9.htm">Genesis 17:9</a> God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10</a> This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Genesis 17:12</a> He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed. (See NAS)<a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19</a> God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Genesis 21:12</a> God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/21-23.htm">Genesis 21:23</a> Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner." (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a> that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/22-18.htm">Genesis 22:18</a> In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice." (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/24-7.htm">Genesis 24:7</a> Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying,'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60</a> They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them." (See NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/25-3.htm">Genesis 25:3</a> Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/25-4.htm">Genesis 25:4</a> The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Genesis 25:12</a> Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham. (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/25-19.htm">Genesis 25:19</a> This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Genesis 26:4</a> I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/26-24.htm">Genesis 26:24</a> Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake." (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Genesis 28:4</a> and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham." (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a> Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14</a> Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a> You said,'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'" (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-12.htm">Genesis 35:12</a> The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land." (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Genesis 36:1</a> Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">Genesis 36:9</a> This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir: (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/36-15.htm">Genesis 36:15</a> These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/36-16.htm">Genesis 36:16</a> Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes, descendants of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom: these were the sons of Adah. (WBS)<a href="/genesis/36-17.htm">Genesis 36:17</a> And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes, descendants of Reuel, in the land of Edom: these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (WBS)<a href="/genesis/36-18.htm">Genesis 36:18</a> And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes, descendants of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Esau's wife. (WBS)<a href="/genesis/36-29.htm">Genesis 36:29</a> These are the dukes, descendants of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, (WBS)<a href="/genesis/36-30.htm">Genesis 36:30</a> Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan; these are the dukes, descendants of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. (WBS)<a href="/genesis/36-40.htm">Genesis 36:40</a> And these are the names of the dukes, descendants of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, (WBS)<a href="/genesis/46-6.htm">Genesis 46:6</a> They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt-Jacob, and all his seed with him, (See NAS)<a href="/genesis/46-7.htm">Genesis 46:7</a> his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his seed with him into Egypt. (See NAS)<a href="/genesis/46-8.htm">Genesis 46:8</a> And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, even Jacob and all his sons: Reuben, Jacob's oldest son; (See RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Genesis 46:26</a> All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six. (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Genesis 48:4</a> and said to me,'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.' (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/48-19.htm">Genesis 48:19</a> His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations." (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/1-7.htm">Exodus 1:7</a> The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. (See RSV)<a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Exodus 12:24</a> You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/28-43.htm">Exodus 28:43</a> They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/29-29.htm">Exodus 29:29</a> "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/30-21.htm">Exodus 30:21</a> So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations." (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Exodus 32:13</a> Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them,'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'" (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/33-1.htm">Exodus 33:1</a> Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,'I will give it to your seed.' (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/21-17.htm">Leviticus 21:17</a> "Say to Aaron,'None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God. 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