Generation: 1.
(Genesis 2:4) "These are the generations," means the "history."2.
(Genesis 5:1) "The book of the generations," means a family register,
or history of Adam.
3.
(Genesis 37:2) "The generations of Jacob" = the history of Jacob and his
descendants.
4.
(Genesis 7:1) "In this generation" = in this age.
5.
(Psalms 49:19) "The generation of his fathers" = the dwelling of his
fathers, i.e., the grave.
6.
(Psalms 73:15) "The generation of thy children" = the contemporary race.
7.
(Isaiah 53:8) "Who shall declare his generation?" = His manner of life
who shall declare? or rather His race, posterity, shall be so
numerous that no one shall be able to declare it.
8. In
(Matthew 1:17) the word means a succession or series of persons
from the same stock.
9.
(Matthew 3:7) "Generation of vipers" = brood of vipers.
10.
(Matthew 24:34) "This generation" = the persons then living contemporary
with Christ.
11.
(1 Peter 2:9) "A chosen generation" = a chosen people.
12. The Hebrews seem to have reckoned time by the generation.
a.In the time of Abraham a generation was an hundred years, thus:
(Genesis 15:16) "In the fourth generation" = in four hundred years
(comp. (Genesis 15:13; Exodus 12:40))
b. In
(Deuteronomy 1:35; 2:14) a generation is a period of thirty-eight years.
