Bible Verses About Family and Lineage

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

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

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

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 Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

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

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

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

And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

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

And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

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

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

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

His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

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

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

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 there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

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.

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

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

For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:

Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,