'Descendants' in the Bible

Japheth's descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Gomer's descendants were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.

Javan's descendants were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

Ham's descendants were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Cush's descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants were Sheba and Dedan.

Shem's descendants were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab all of these were Joktan's descendants.

Abraham's descendants were Isaac and Ishmael.

The descendants born to Keturah, Abraham's mistress, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The descendants of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

The descendants of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah.

Abraham fathered Isaac. Isaac's descendants were Esau and Israel.

Esau's descendants were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

Eliphaz's descendants were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

Reuel's descendants were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

Seir's descendants were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

Lotan's descendants were Hori and Homam. Lotan's sister was Timna.

Shobal's descendants were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon's descendants were Aiah and Anah.

Anah's descendant was Dishon. Dishon's descendants were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

Ezer's descendants were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan's descendants were Uz and Aran.

Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, who was leader of the descendants of Judah.

But Geshur and Aram took 60 towns from Gilead, including Havvoth-jair and Kenath, along with their villages. All these were descendants of Machir, who fathered Gilead.

The descendants of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

The descendants of Ram, firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

Onam's descendants were Shammai and Jada. Shammai's descendants were Nadab and Abishur.

Nadab's descendants were Seled and Appaim. Seled died childless.

Shammai's brother Jada's descendants were Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died childless.

Jonathan's descendants were Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

Jerahmeel's brother Caleb's descendants were his firstborn Mesha, who fathered Ziph. The descendants of Mareshah, who fathered Hebron, were as follows:

Hebron's descendants were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

Rekem fathered Shammai. Shammai's descendants included Maon, who fathered Beth-zur.

Haran fathered Gazez. Jahdai's descendants were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

These were Caleb's descendants.

Salma's descendants were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

These are David's descendants who were born to him in Hebron: Amnon his firstborn by Ahinoam the Jezreelite, Daniel his second born by Abigail the Carmelite,

Solomon's descendants included Rehoboam, his son Abijah, his son Asa, his son Jehoshaphat,

Josiah's descendants included Johanan his firstborn, his second born Jehoiakim, his third born Zedekiah, and his fourth born Shallum.

Jehoiakim's descendants included his son Jeconiah, and his son Zedekiah.

The descendants of Jeconiah, who was taken captive to Babylon, included his son Shealtiel,

Pedaiah's descendants included Zerubbabel and Shimei.

Zerubbabel's descendants included Meshullam and Hananiah, along with Shelomith their sister and five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.

Hananiah's descendants included Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, his son Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, and his son Shecaniah.

Judah's descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

These were the descendants of the ancestor of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister's name was Hazzelelponi.

These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn, who fathered Bethlehem: Tekoa's father Ashhur had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Kenaz's descendants were Othniel and Seraiah.

Othniel's descendants were Hathath and Meonothai, who fathered Ophrah. Seraiah fathered Joab, who fathered the Ge-harashim, because they became artisans.

The descendants of Jephunneh's son Caleb were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz.

Jehallelel's descendants were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

Ezrah's descendants were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

Mered's wife conceived Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who fathered Eshtemoa. Then his Judean wife bore Jered, who fathered Gedor and then Heber, who fathered Soco and Jekuthiel, who fathered Zanoah. These are the descendants of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.

The descendants of Hodiah's wife, Naham's sister, fathered Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

Shimon's descendants were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi's descendants were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

The descendants of Judah's son Shelah were Er, who fathered Lecah, Laadah (who fathered Mareshah and the families who belonged to the guild of linen workers at Beth-ashbea),

Simeon's descendants were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,

Mishma's descendants were his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.

They discovered abundant and excellent grazing lands there, where the land was very broad, secure, and tranquil, because the former inhabitants there were descendants of Ham.

Here is a record of the descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn. (He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's marriage bed, his birthright was transferred to the descendants of Israel's son Joseph. As a result, Reuben is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.

The descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, included Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Joel's descendants were his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,

and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried away into exile, and who was a governor of the descendants of Reuben.

Gad's descendants lived beside them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

These were the descendants of Huri's son Abihail, who was fathered by Jaroah, who was fathered by Gilead, who was fathered by Michael, who was fathered by Jeshishai, who was fathered by Jahdo, and who was fathered by Buz:

The descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh produced 44,700 valiant soldiers expert in shield, sword, and bow. Trained in warfare, they were equipped to serve at a moment's notice.

So the God of Israel incited King Pul of Assyria (also known as King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), who took them prisoner and brought the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.

Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Amram's descendants included Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron's sons included Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the names of Gershom's descendants: Libni and Shimei.

These are the clans of the descendants of Levi according to their ancestry: Gershom's clan included his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,

Kohath's descendants included Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

Elkanah's descendants included Amasai and Ahimoth,

Samuel's descendants included Joel his firstborn and his second son Abijah.

Merari's descendants included Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

These are the men who served, including their descendants: From the descendants of Kohath, there was Heman the singer, who had been fathered by Joel, who had been fathered by Samuel,

along with their relatives, descendants of Levi who had been appointed for all the service of the tent of the Temple of God.

These are the settlement locations allotted within their borders to Aaron's descendants in the Kohathite clan since the lot was cast in their favor first.

They allotted these cities of refuge to the descendants of Aaron: Hebron, Libnah with its surrounding suburbs, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its surrounding suburbs,

Ten towns were allocated to the rest of the descendants of Kohath by lot out of the family of the tribe, that is, the half-tribe of Manasseh.

To the descendants of Gershom according to their families were allotted 13 towns in Bashan from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh.

The descendants of Merari were allotted 12 towns according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

So the people of Israel gave the descendants of Levi the towns with their surrounding suburbs,

A few of the families of Kohath's descendants had towns of their territory allotted from the tribe of Ephraim.

From the half-tribe of Manasseh the descendants of Gershom were allotted Golan in Bashan with its surrounding suburbs and Ashtaroth with its surrounding suburbs.

From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the descendants of Merari were allotted Rimmono with its surrounding suburbs, and Tabor with its surrounding suburbs,

The four descendants of Issachar included Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

Tola's descendants included Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, leaders of their ancestral house of Tola, who were valiant warriors during their lifetimes. During the life of David, they numbered 22,600.

Benjamin's three descendants included Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

Bela's five descendants included Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, who were leaders of their ancestral households. Valiant warriors, their enrollment totaled 22,034 according to their genealogies.

Becher's descendants included Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were descendants of Becher,

Jediael fathered Bilhan, and Bilhan's descendants included Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

All these were descendants through Jediael according to the heads of their ancestral households. Their valiant warriors totaled 17,200 equipped and ready for battle.

Naphtali's descendants included Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, descended through Bilhah.

Manasseh's descendants included Asriel, whom his Aramean mistress bore, along with Machir, who fathered Gilead.

Ephraim's descendants included Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. In these lived the descendants of Israel's son Joseph.

Asher's descendants included Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

Beriah's descendants included Heber and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

Japhlet's descendants included Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the descendants of Japhlet.

Shemer's descendants included Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

His brother Helem's descendants included Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.