'Generations' in the Bible

He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end -- I am the one.

You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.