7 Bible Verses about Descendants of
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And if you belong to Christ, then you are [truly] Abraham's seed [i.e., his spiritual descendants] and thereby [you will] inherit what was promised to him [i.e., God's blessings].
This means that it is not the physical descendants [of Abraham] who are God's children, but it is the children [born] according to [God's] promise who are [Abraham's true] descendants.
You should know, then, that people who have faith are [truly] God's children.
Now [specific] promises were made to Abraham and to his seed [i.e., descendants]. [God] did not say "seeds" [plural] as though He were referring to many persons but "seed" [singular] showing that He meant one [descendant]; [Gen. 13:15 says] "And to your seed," referring to Christ.
They answered Him, "Our forefather was Abraham." Jesus replied to them, "If you were Abraham's descendants, you would do the [kinds of] deeds that Abraham did.
Neither are all [Jewish] people children [of God], [simply] because they are Abraham's descendants. But [Gen. 21:12 says], "It is through Isaac that you [i.e., Abraham] will have descendants."
[This is] a record of the family background of Jesus Christ, the descendant of David, who was the descendant of Abraham. [Note: The following is an incomplete lineage through Jesus' step-father Joseph].
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Aaron » Descendants of » ordained Priests » priests
Aaron » Descendants of
Asaph » Descendants of
Asher » Son of jacob, by zilpah » Descendants of
Ashkenaz » Descendants of
Benjamin » Son of jacob by rachel » Descendants of
Caleb » Descendants of
Canaan » Son of ham » Descendants of
Dan » Fifth son of jacob and bilhah » Descendants of
David » King of israel » Descendants of
Eleazar (eleazer) » Son of aaron » Descendants of
Ephraim » Second son of joseph » Descendants of
Esau » Descendants of
Hagar » Descendants of
Ithamar » Descendants of
jacob » Descendants of
Japheth » Descendants of
Jeshua » Also called joshua » Descendants of
Jesse » Descendants of
Joseph » Son of jacob » Descendants of
Othniel » Descendants of
Phuvah » Descendants of
Shem (sem) » Descendants of
Simeon » Son of jacob » Descendants of
Togarmah » Descendants of
Zebulun » Son of jacob and leah » Descendants of
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- Abraham
- Abraham, Family And Descendants
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- Bad Parents
- Blessings And Prosperity
- Blessings, To Abraham
- Caring For Children
- Child Of God
- Children Are A Blessing
- Children Being A Blessing
- Children Blessed
- Children Of Abraham
- Children Of God
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