29 occurrences

'Descendants' in the Bible

And they were as follows: The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Sons

From the descendants of Simeon: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males numbered of them twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

From the descendants of Gad: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Judah: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Issachar: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Zebulun: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Manasseh: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Benjamin: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Dan: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Asher: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

From the descendants of Naphtali: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Verse ConceptsSeven YearsGiants

But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

We even saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them."

Verse ConceptsMidgetsBefore The FloodInsectsGrasshoppersGiantsSmall Creaturesexploringbugs

Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully -- I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithFaithfulness, Examples OfLoyaltyReliabilitySpirit, Emotional Aspects OfFollowing GodServant Leadership

All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you."

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Israel's priestsGod, The EternalOffspringThe Eternal CovenantFood For Priests DefinedSournessTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiGod’s Covenant With The Levites

He will pour the water out of his buckets, and their descendants will be like abundant water; their king will be greater than Agag, and their kingdom will be exalted.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBucketsGod Providing WaterSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.'"

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtSin, God's Remedy For

Eliab's descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFighting One Another

The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

The descendants of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And Up

The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites.

but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityWarriors

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do."

Verse ConceptsCities In IsraelStock Keeping

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

They were married into the families of the Manassehites, the descendants of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's family.

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