Bible Verses AboutHeritage
Bible verses about Heritage
Understanding our heritage through the lens of scripture reveals a profound connection to generations past and a responsibility to those yet to come. The Bible speaks of a spiritual inheritance, a legacy of faith, and the importance of passing down God's commandments. Exploring these verses, we discover that heritage isn't merely about ancestry or tradition, but about a covenant relationship with God that shapes our identity and purpose. It calls us to honor the faithfulness of our spiritual ancestors, learn from their experiences, and build upon the foundation they laid, ensuring that the light of God's love continues to shine brightly through our lives for generations to come.
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Begin with these carefully selected verses that address this topic most directly.
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
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From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
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.
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
And Janum, and Beth–tappuah, and Aphekah,
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
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.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
And Hazar–gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth–palet,
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
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:
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath–shua the daughter of Ammiel:
Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch.
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath–sepher.
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
Reflection
Contemplating Heritage
The Bible's verses on heritage reveal a multifaceted understanding of inheritance, spanning tangible possessions, spiritual blessings, and moral responsibilities passed down through generations. These scriptures emphasize the importance of honoring our ancestors' faith, values, and hard work, while also recognizing our duty to build upon that foundation and leave a positive legacy for those who come after us. Ultimately, reflecting on these verses challenges us to examine the heritage we've received, discerning what to cherish and what to refine. It calls us to actively cultivate a spiritual inheritance, grounding ourselves in God's Word and living lives that reflect His love and justice, ensuring a rich and enduring legacy of faith, hope, and righteousness for generations to inherit.
May these verses about heritage bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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