Quotes about Heritage
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
— Genesis 49:28
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
— Genesis 50:23
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
— Exodus 1:2
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
— Exodus 1:3
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
— Exodus 1:4
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
— Exodus 1:5
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
— Exodus 1:6
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
— Exodus 2:1
“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
— Exodus 4:5
I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
— Exodus 6:4
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
— Exodus 6:20
When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
— Exodus 12:26