'Generations' in the Bible
These are their generations: the oldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam,
And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.
And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of their families; they were men of war; in the record of their generations their number in the time of David was twenty-two thousand, six hundred.
And with them, recorded in generations by their families, were bands of fighting-men, thirty-six thousand of them, for they had a great number of wives and sons.
And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.
These were heads of families in their generations; chief men: these were living in Jerusalem.
And their brothers, in the list of their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of families, listed by the names of their fathers.
These were heads of families of the Levites in their generations, chief men; they were living at Jerusalem.
He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of all the Hebronites, in their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the rule of David a search was made, and able men were seen among them at Jazer of Gilead.