'Fathered' in the Bible
Abraham fathered Isaac,Isaac fathered Jacob,Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,Perez fathered Hezron,Hezron fathered Aram,
Aram fathered Amminadab,Amminadab fathered Nahshon,Nahshon fathered Salmon,
Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,Obed fathered Jesse,
and Jesse fathered King David.Then David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
Solomon fathered Rehoboam,Rehoboam fathered Abijah,Abijah fathered Asa,
Asa fathered Jehoshaphat,Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,Joram fathered Uzziah,
Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,Manasseh fathered Amon,Amon fathered Josiah,
and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothersat the time of the exile to Babylon.
Then after the exile to BabylonJechoniah fathered Shealtiel,Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,Abiud fathered Eliakim,Eliakim fathered Azor,
Eliud fathered Eleazar,Eleazar fathered Matthan,Matthan fathered Jacob,
and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.
Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.
“At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.
For you can have 10,000 instructors in Christ, but you can’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
appeal to you for my son, Onesimus. I fathered him while I was in chains.