Quotes about Legacy
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
— Genesis 15:16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
— Genesis 16:16
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
— Genesis 17:4
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
— Genesis 17:5
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
— Genesis 17:6
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
— Genesis 17:7
God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
— Genesis 17:9
This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
— Genesis 17:10
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
— Genesis 18:18
Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
— Genesis 19:32
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
— Genesis 19:34
Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
— Genesis 19:36