100 Bible Verses About Honoring Ancestors

And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

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 the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.

And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

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

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

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

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

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 he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

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.

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

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

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth–el, he and all the people that were with him.

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

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

The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

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.

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

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

These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

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

The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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

And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

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

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.