'Father' in the Bible

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.

Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.

Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.

Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.

Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.

Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.

Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.

Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.

Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.

Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.

Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son.

Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

Mizraim became the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim

Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.

Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters.

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah;

and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;

and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.

Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg;

and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu;

and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.

Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug;

and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.

Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor;

and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah;

and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.

Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.

Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

“No longer shall your name be called Abram,But your name shall be Abraham;For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father.”

So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve our family through our father.”

So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

The firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram

Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.

Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;

Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth.

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.

The Lord appeared to him the same night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham;Do not fear, for I am with you.I will bless you, and multiply your descendants,For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.

Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.”

So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory food such as his father loved.

Then he came to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, that you may bless me.”

So Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come close and kiss me, my son.”

Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Then he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.”

Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

Then Isaac his father answered and said to him,“Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling,And away from the dew of heaven from above.

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.

So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;

And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants.

Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah’s son, and she ran and told her father.

Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth.”

and said to them, “I see your father’s attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as formerly, but the God of my father has been with me.

You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to hurt me.

Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; now then, do whatever God has said to you.”