80 Bible Verses About Biblical Lineage

Bible verses about Biblical Lineage

Understanding biblical lineage is more than just tracing names; it's about recognizing God's enduring faithfulness and the unfolding of His divine plan throughout history. Each name etched in the genealogies represents a life, a story, and a link in the chain connecting us to the promises of God. By studying these lineages, we gain a deeper appreciation for God's meticulous orchestration of salvation history, culminating in the lineage of Jesus Christ. We discover how God uses ordinary people, flawed individuals, and unexpected paths to fulfill His extraordinary purposes, reminding us that we too are part of His ongoing narrative of grace and redemption.

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Genesis 46:16 (KJV)

And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

Tracing Roots: Bible Verses on Ancestry & Lineage

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Genesis 35:27KJV

And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

Exodus 6:21KJV

Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

1 Chronicles 26:3KJV

Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chronicles 1:1KJV

And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

Genesis 46:14KJV

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

Genesis 41:50KJV

And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

Genesis 36:17KJV

Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

Genesis 36:41KJV

And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

Genesis 46:24KJV

Sons of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy and two.

Nehemiah 7:9YLT

And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

1 Chronicles 26:25KJV

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.

Genesis 35:26KJV

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Genesis 36:9KJV

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

1 Kings 22:42KJV

Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

1 Chronicles 6:53KJV

Sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1 Chronicles 1:37YLT

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath–shua the daughter of Ammiel:

1 Chronicles 3:5KJV

And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

1 Chronicles 8:11KJV

And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

Genesis 24:24KJV

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

2 Kings 14:17KJV

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

Numbers 13:8KJV

And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

Genesis 36:13KJV

The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

Nehemiah 7:15KJV

Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:

Numbers 26:16KJV

The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

Ezra 7:3KJV

The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

Ezra 2:37KJV

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

Genesis 26:33KJV

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

Genesis 22:21KJV

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Nehemiah 12:2KJV

And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Joshua 24:4KJV

And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

Numbers 26:8KJV

Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

Numbers 13:14KJV

And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

Numbers 26:21KJV

And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

Genesis 25:14KJV

And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

1 Chronicles 6:14KJV

And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

1 Chronicles 14:7KJV

And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

Genesis 46:16KJV

And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

Joshua 18:27KJV

And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

Ruth 4:19KJV

And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

1 Chronicles 12:7KJV

And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Genesis 36:23KJV

And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

Nehemiah 10:9KJV

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

Genesis 36:20KJV

Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

1 Chronicles 3:6KJV

The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:

1 Kings 4:9KJV

And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

1 Chronicles 8:39KJV

And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

1 Chronicles 4:11KJV

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

2 Kings 15:33KJV

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

Exodus 6:18KJV

And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

1 Chronicles 6:9KJV

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

Joshua 20:7KJV

Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

Joshua 15:24KJV

And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

1 Chronicles 6:8KJV

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

Genesis 30:11KJV

On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:

Numbers 7:78KJV

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

Numbers 34:24KJV

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

Genesis 38:6KJV

The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

Exodus 6:17KJV

Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

Ezra 8:14KJV

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 46:12KJV

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

Genesis 22:22KJV

The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

Nehemiah 7:18KJV

And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

Exodus 6:20KJV

Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

Nehemiah 10:4KJV

The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

1 Chronicles 3:2KJV

The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1 Chronicles 1:37KJV

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

Genesis 22:24KJV

And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

Genesis 25:13KJV

Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

Genesis 36:1KJV

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Genesis 26:34KJV

And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

1 Chronicles 14:5KJV

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

1 Chronicles 1:5KJV

Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

1 Kings 4:18KJV

And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Genesis 22:23KJV

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

Numbers 34:25KJV

And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Exodus 6:23KJV

The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

Nehemiah 7:23KJV

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

Genesis 36:12KJV

And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

Genesis 25:4KJV

Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

Ezra 8:9KJV

Tracing biblical lineage through generations reveals God's faithfulness in fulfilling promises and His meticulous plan for redemption. These verses underscore the importance of heritage, not for prideful boasting, but for recognizing God's hand at work across centuries. From Adam to Jesus, the lineage demonstrates God's persistent pursuit of humanity and His commitment to establishing a lasting kingdom. Reflecting on these genealogical records, we are reminded that we are part of a larger story, interwoven with the lives of those who came before us. Let us consider the legacy we are building and strive to live lives that honor God, contributing to a lineage of faith that points others to the ultimate descendant: Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. By studying our spiritual ancestry, we gain a deeper appreciation for God's unwavering love and His sovereign orchestration of history, inspiring us to live with purpose and hope.