100 Bible Verses About Family History

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

And sixteen thousand persons;)

The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

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:

Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

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

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

Sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country.

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.

And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

And they dwelt at Beer–sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar–shual,

Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,

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

The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, Sheba, and Moladah,

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

Abi–albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:

Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.