Quotes about Ancestry
The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.
- Heinrich Heine
Sometimes it's blood memory... not the blood your mother and father gave you... but that which stretches back two or three thousand years.
- Martha Graham
In the presence of grandparent and grandchild, past and future merge in the present.
- Margaret Mead
Clearly I did not inherit whatever gene it is that makes it so that when you linger in a place you start to put down roots.
- Olga Tokarczuk
Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 4:18
And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- Genesis 4:21
And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:4
And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:7
And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:10
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
- Genesis 5:12
And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:13
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
- Genesis 5:14