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Want to know what the Bible says about Genealogies? Here are 14 Bible verses about Genealogies from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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1 Chronicles 9:1 NIV
All Israel was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
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2 Chronicles 31:19 NIV
As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around their towns or in any other towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.
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2 Chronicles 12:15 NIV
As for the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
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Nehemiah 7:5 NIV
So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:
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Matthew 1:1-17 NIV
1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron,Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,Amminadab the father of Nahshon,Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,Rehoboam the father of Abijah,Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,Jotham the father of Ahaz,Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon,Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon:Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,Abihud the father of Eliakim,Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok,Zadok the father of Akim,Akim the father of Elihud,
15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,Eleazar the father of Matthan,Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.
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Luke 3:23-38 NIV
23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,
the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat,the son of Levi, the son of Melki,the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath,the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein,the son of Josek, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melki,the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat,the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon,the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna,the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 the son of Jesse,the son of Obed, the son of Boaz,the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob,the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu,the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan,the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem,the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel,the son of Kenan, 38 the son of Enosh,the son of Seth, the son of Adam,the son of God.
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Hebrews 7:14 NIV
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
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Ezra 2:62 NIV
These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
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Nehemiah 7:64 NIV
These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
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1 Timothy 1:4 NIV
or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.
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