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generation

Meaning of “generation”

Offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime.

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107 occurrences92 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:1

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Genesis 7:1
AND the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 7:1 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD saide vnto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the Arke: for thee haue I seene righteous before me, in this generation.

1611 marginal note2.Pet. 2.5.

Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 15:16 · retained source text

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full.

Genesis 50:23
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 50:23 · retained source text

And Ioseph sawe Ephraims children, of the third generation: the children also of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh were brought vp vpon Iosephs knees.

1611 marginal noteHeb. borne.

1611 marginal noteNum. 32.39.

Exodus 1:6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 1:6 · retained source text

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

Exodus 17:16
For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 17:16 · retained source text

For he said, Because the LORD hath sworne that the LORD will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.

1611 marginal noteOr, because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therfore &c. Hebr. The hand vpon the throne of the LORD.

Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 20:5 · retained source text

Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe to them, nor serue them: For I the LORD thy God am a iealous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me:

Exodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 34:7 · retained source text

Keeping mercie for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne, and that will by no meanes cleere the guiltie, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, and vpon the childrens children, vnto the third and to the fourth generation.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.5. deut. 5.9. ierem. 32.18.

Numbers 14:18
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:18 · retained source text

The LORD is long suffering, and of great mercie, forgiuing iniquitie and transgression, and by no meanes clearing the guiltie, visiting the iniquity of the fathers vpon the chldren, vnto the third and fourth generation.

1611 marginal noteExod. 34.6. psal. 103.8.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.5. and 34.7.

Numbers 32:13
And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:13 · retained source text

And the LORDs anger was kindled against Israel, and hee made them wander in the wildernesse fourty yeeres, vntill all the generation that had done euill in the sight of the LORD was consumed.

Deuteronomy 1:35
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:35 · retained source text

Surely there shall not one of these men of this euill generation see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers:

1611 marginal noteNum. 14.29.

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