Bible Verses About Continuing Lineage

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.