What the Bible says about

Heredity

29 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.”
— Genesis 5:3 BSB
“You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,”
— Exodus 20:5 BSB
“but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.”
— Exodus 20:6 BSB
“maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.””
— Exodus 34:7 BSB
“‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’”
— Numbers 14:18 BSB
“Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.”
— Numbers 14:33 BSB
“Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!”
— Job 14:4 BSB
“It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.”
— Job 21:19 BSB
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