Generations of Noah

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1. All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor: Mother and daughters represent two generations. 2. Biology. A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism: asexual generation of a fern. 3. The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring. 4.   A group of individuals born and living about the same time. A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes: "

                                                        Excerpted from American Heritage Talking Dictionary

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These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man - and perfect in his generations,

and - Noah walked with God.

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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.

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And God said,

This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

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Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem,

Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born - after the flood.

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These are the families of the sons of Noah, - after their - generations, in their nations:

and by these were the nations divided in the earth - after the flood.

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These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years  - after the flood:

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

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Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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And Haran died before - his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, -  the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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And he said unto him,

I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

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And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?

And he said,

I know not:

Am I my brother's keeper?

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And he said,

Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man;

and he hasted to dress it.

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And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying,

Behold,

I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, - that I may eat, and bless thee - before the Lord before my death.

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:

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And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

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And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath borne a male or a female.

And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

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And he said unto him,

Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

And he took unto him all these,

and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece - one against another: but the birds divided he not.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, - Abram drove them away.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;

and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

And he said unto Abram,

Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is - not theirs, and shall serve them;

and they shall afflict them - four hundred years;

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and after-ward shall they come out with great substance.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

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

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