Bible Cross References
One generation
Ecclesiastes 6:12
How can anyone know what is best for us in this short, useless life of ours---a life that passes like a shadow? How can we know what will happen in the world after we die?
Genesis 5:3-31
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When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.
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After that, Adam lived another 800 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 930.
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When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh,
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and then lived another 807 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 912.
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When Enosh was 90, he had a son, Kenan,
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and then lived another 815 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 905.
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When Kenan was 70, he had a son, Mahalalel,
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and then lived another 840 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 910.
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When Mahalalel was 65, he had a son, Jared,
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and then lived another 830 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 895.
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When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,
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and then lived another 800 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 962.
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When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.
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After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.
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He lived to be 365 years old.
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He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.
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When Methuselah was 187, he had a son, Lamech,
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and then lived another 782 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 969.
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When Lamech was 182, he had a son
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and said, "From the very ground on which the LORD put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work"; so he named him Noah.
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Lamech lived another 595 years. He had other children
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and died at the age of 777.
Genesis 11:20-32
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When Reu was 32 years old, he had a son, Serug;
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after that, he lived another 207 years and had other children.
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When Serug was 30 years old, he had a son, Nahor;
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after that, he lived another 200 years and had other children.
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When Nahor was 29 years old, he had a son, Terah;
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after that, he lived another 119 years and had other children.
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After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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These are the descendants of Terah, who was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot,
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and Haran died in his hometown of Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living.
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Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
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Sarai was not able to have children.
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Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, who was the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, Abram's wife, and with them he left the city of Ur in Babylonia to go to the land of Canaan. They went as far as Haran and settled there.
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Terah died there at the age of 205.
Genesis 36:9-19
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These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
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Esau's wife Adah bore him one son, Eliphaz, and Eliphaz had five sons: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. And by another wife, Timna, he had one more son, Amalek. Esau's wife Basemath bore him one son, Reuel, and Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon, bore him three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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These are the tribes descended from Esau. Esau's first son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
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Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Adah.
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Esau's son Reuel was the ancestor of the following tribes: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.
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The following tribes were descended from Esau by his wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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All these tribes were descended from Esau.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob answered, "My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wanderings."
Exodus 1:6
In the course of time Joseph, his brothers, and all the rest of that generation died,
Exodus 1:7
but their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and became so numerous and strong that Egypt was filled with them.
Exodus 6:16-27
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Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; they were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names. Levi lived 137 years.
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Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei, and they had many descendants.
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Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
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Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi with their descendants.
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Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
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Izhar had three sons: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
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Uzziel also had three sons: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
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Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon; she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Korah had three sons: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; they were the ancestors of the divisions of the clan of Korah.
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Eleazar, Aaron's son, married one of Putiel's daughters, who bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the families and the clans of the tribe of Levi.
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Aaron and Moses were the ones to whom the LORD said, "Lead the tribes of Israel out of Egypt."
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They were the men who told the king of Egypt to free the Israelites.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my life is; remember that you created all of us mortal!
Psalm 89:48
Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?
Psalm 90:9
Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper.
Psalm 90:10
Seventy years is all we have--- eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.
Zechariah 1:5
Your ancestors and those prophets are no longer alive.
but
Psalm 102:24-28
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O God, do not take me away now before I grow old. O LORD, you live forever;
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long ago you created the earth, and with your own hands you made the heavens.
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They will disappear, but you will remain; they will all wear out like clothes. You will discard them like clothes, and they will vanish.
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But you are always the same, and your life never ends.
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Our children will live in safety, and under your protection their descendants will be secure.
Psalm 104:5
You have set the earth firmly on its foundations, and it will never be moved.
Psalm 119:90
Your faithfulness endures through all the ages; you have set the earth in place, and it remains.
Psalm 119:91
All things remain to this day because of your command, because they are all your servants.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
2 Peter 3:10-13
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But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that Day the heavens will disappear with a shrill noise, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth with everything in it will vanish.
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Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and dedicated to God,
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as you wait for the Day of God and do your best to make it come soon---the Day when the heavens will burn up and be destroyed, and the heavenly bodies will be melted by the heat.
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But we wait for what God has promised: new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will be at home.