'Generation' in the Bible

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before Me in this generation.

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation; the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognized by Joseph.

Then Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died.

God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

He said, “Indeed, my hand is lifted up toward the Lord’s throne. The Lord will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love, forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children to the third and fourth generation.

The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.

‘None of these men in this evil generation will see the good land I swore to give your fathers,

The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was 38 years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the Lord’s assembly.

No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.

The children born to them in the third generation may enter the Lord’s assembly.

His people have acted corruptly toward Him;this is their defect—they are not His childrenbut a devious and crooked generation.

He said: “I will hide My face from them;I will see what will become of them,for they are a perverse generation—unfaithful children.

That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. After them another generation rose up who did not know the Lord or the works He had done for Israel.

These days are remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim will not lose their significance in Jewish life and their memory will not fade from their descendants.

For ask the previous generation,and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

He says to himself, “I will never be moved—from generation to generation without calamity.”

You, Lord, will guard us;You will protect us from this generation forever.

Their descendants will serve Him;the next generation will be told about the Lord.

Such is the generation of those who seek Him,who seek the face of the God of Jacob.Selah

The counsel of the Lord stands forever,the plans of His heart from generation to generation.

note its ramparts; tour its citadelsso that you can tell a future generation:

Their graves are their eternal homes,their homes from generation to generation,though they have named estates after themselves.

he will go to the generation of his fathers;they will never see the light.

Even when I am old and gray,God, do not abandon me.Then I will proclaim Your powerto another generation,Your strength to all who are to come.

We must not hide them from their children,but must tell a future generationthe praises of the Lord,His might, and the wonderful worksHe has performed.

so that a future generation—children yet to be born—might know.They were to rise and tell their children

Then they would not be like their fathers,a stubborn and rebellious generation,a generation whose heart was not loyaland whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,will thank You forever;we will declare Your praiseto generation after generation.

BOOK IV(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our refugein every generation.

For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;they do not know My ways.”

This will be written for a later generation,and a newly created people will praise the Lord:

Let the line of his descendants be cut off;let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

His descendants will be powerful in the land;the generation of the upright will be blessed.

One generation will declare Your works to the nextand will proclaim Your mighty acts.

There is a generation that curses its fatherand does not bless its mother.

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,yet is not washed from its filth.

There is a generation—how haughty its eyesand pretentious its looks.

There is a generation whose teeth are swords,whose fangs are knives,devouring the oppressed from the landand the needy from among mankind.

A generation goes and a generation comes,but the earth remains forever.

It will never be inhabitedor lived in from generation to generation;a nomad will not pitch his tent there,and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.

It will never go out—day or night.Its smoke will go up forever.It will be desolate, from generation to generation;no one will pass through it forever and ever.

He has ordained a lot for them;His hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.They will possess it forever;they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

Evil generation,pay attention to the word of the Lord!Have I been a wilderness to Israelor a land of dense darkness?Why do My people claim,“We will go where we want;we will no longer come to You”?

Cut off the hair of your sacred vow and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.

You, Lord, are enthroned forever;Your throne endures from generation to generation.

How great are His miracles,and how mighty His wonders!His kingdom is an eternal kingdom,and His dominion is from generation to generation.

But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified Him who lives forever:For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,and His kingdom is from generation to generation.

Tell your children about it,and let your children tell their children,and their children the next generation.

But Judah will be inhabited forever,and Jerusalem from generation to generation.