Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'begat' occurs 299 times in the standard works.

260 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'begat' in the standard works and contain 87% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 90 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 1:2-16 (39 in 15 verses)

Gen. 11:10-27 (27 in 18 verses)

1 Chr. 6:4-14 (21 in 11 verses)


Gen. 5:6-26 (21 in 21 verses)

 5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

 5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

 5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

 5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

 5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:




Moses 6:10-25 (18 in 16 verses)

1 Chr. 2:36-46 (15 in 11 verses)

Ruth 4:18-22 (9 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 8:32-37 (9 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 9:38-43 (9 in 6 verses)

Moses 8:5-12 (9 in 8 verses)

Ether 10:29-31 (7 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 2:10-13 (7 in 4 verses)

Ether 9:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

Ether 10:13-17 (6 in 5 verses)

Ether 7:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Neh. 12:10-11 (5 in 2 verses)

Moses 5:42-43 (4 in 2 verses)

Ether 7:26-8:1 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Gen. 4:18 (3 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:28-30 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 10:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 1:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 2:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 180 0 180
Gen. 67 0 67
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 2 0 2
Deut. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
Ruth 9 0 9
1 Chr. 86 0 86
2 Chr. 3 0 3
Neh. 5 0 5
Prov. 1 0 1
Jer. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 45 0 45
BM 42 0 42
DC 0 0 0
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 299 0 299

Gen. 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

Gen. 5:3
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Gen. 5:4
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:6
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

Gen. 5:7
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:9
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

Gen. 5:10
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:12
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

Gen. 5:13
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:15
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

Gen. 5:16
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:18
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

Gen. 5:19
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Gen. 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:25
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Gen. 5:26
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:28
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

Gen. 5:30
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gen. 6:10
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gen. 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Gen. 10:13
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

Gen. 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Gen. 10:24
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

Gen. 10:26
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

Gen. 11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

Gen. 11:11
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:12
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

Gen. 11:13
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:14
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

Gen. 11:15
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:16
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

Gen. 11:17
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:18
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

Gen. 11:19
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:20
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

Gen. 11:21
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:22
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

Gen. 11:23
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

Gen. 11:25
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Gen. 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

Gen. 22:23
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Gen. 25:3
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

Gen. 25:19
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: