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Letter "G" » genealogies
«GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Editor,
Journalist,
Writer)
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Keywords:
account,
ancestor,
an account,
descent,
genealogies,
genealogy,
particularly,
trace,
tracing
«So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.»
«These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.»
«Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies.»
«As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, / Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.»
Author: Bible
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Keywords:
abide,
beseeching,
Besought,
edified,
edify,
edifying,
Ephesus,
fables,
genealogies,
godly,
heed,
Macedonia,
minister
«But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.»
«Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.»
«Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.»
Author: Bible
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Keywords:
Book of,
concerning,
first and last,
genealogies,
Iddo,
jeroboam,
prophet,
Rehoboam,
seer,
Shemaiah,
The Prophet
«These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.»