'Descent' in the Bible

Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

The king commanded Ashpenaz, who was in charge of his court officials, to choose some of the Israelites who were of royal and noble descent --

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire --