Bible Verses About Genealogical Record

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.

The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

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

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

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:

Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,

And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

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.

Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

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

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 Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

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

And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

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

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

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

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.

Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,

Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,

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

All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

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

And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

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

These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.