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The population as a whole at any one time, or the interval of time separating parents and children.

All the contemporaries of an individual

Ge 7:1 See also Ex 1:6; Jdg 2:10; Ps 24:6; Ps 78:8; Ps 112:2; Jer 2:31; Jer 7:29; Mt 11:16 pp Lk 7:31; Mt 24:32-34 pp Mk 13:28-30 pp Lk 21:29-32; Ac 2:40; Ac 13:36; Php 2:14-16

The everlasting kingdom of God

La 5:19 See also Ps 72:5; Ps 145:13; Da 4:3; Eph 3:20-21

The passing of time expressed in terms of generations

Ex 3:15 See also Ge 9:12; Ge 17:12; Ex 12:17; Ex 20:5 pp Dt 5:9 the enduring consequences of rebellion; Ex 31:16; Lev 6:18; Lev 23:41; Nu 15:38; Nu 35:29; Dt 29:22; Jos 22:27; Est 9:28; Ps 72:5 traditionally taken as referring to the Messiah; Ps 105:8; Isa 34:10; Jer 50:39; Lk 1:46-50

Past generations

Isa 51:9 See also Dt 32:7; Job 8:8; Isa 41:4; Isa 61:4; Eph 3:4-5; Col 1:25-26

The requirement to teach the next generation

Dt 4:9 See also Dt 6:6-7; Dt 32:7; Ps 22:30; Ps 71:18; Ps 78:1-8; Ps 79:13

Time references by specific numbers of generations

Mt 1:17 See also Ex 34:6-7; Nu 14:18; Dt 7:9; Dt 23:2-3,7-8; 2Ki 10:30; 2Ki 15:12; 1Ch 16:15; Job 42:16

The generation that died in the wilderness

Nu 32:13 See also Dt 1:34-36; Dt 2:14; Dt 32:5,20; Heb 3:7-11; Ps 95:7-11

Jesus Christ’s comments concerning his own wicked generation

Mk 8:38 See also Mt 12:39-42 pp Lk 11:29-32; Mt 12:43-45; Mt 16:4 pp Mk 8:12; Mt 17:17 pp Mk 9:19 pp Lk 9:41; Mt 23:33-36; Lk 11:47-51; Lk 17:22-25

See also