'Father' in the Bible

Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Mizraim became the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,

Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth,

Arpachshad became the father of Shelah and Shelah became the father of Eber.

Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;

Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz,

Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.

Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,

and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,

and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,

and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

These were the sons of Caleb.The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Koz became the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

Eshton became the father of Beth-rapha and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. (And these are the sons of Bithia the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took) and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

His Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.

Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

And Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

namely, Naaman, Ahijah and Gera—he carried them into exile; and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

By Hodesh his wife he became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

By Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.

Now in Gibeon, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife’s name was Maacah;

Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives.

Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.

The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.

Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

In Gibeon Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife’s name was Maacah,

Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives.

Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.

The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

Ahaz became the father of Jarah, and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza,

and Moza became the father of Binea and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.

I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.

But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David is honoring your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

These were their offices for their ministry when they came in to the house of the Lord according to the ordinance given to them through Aaron their father, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the Lord.

All these were under the direction of their father to sing in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the direction of the king.

Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor.

Also Hosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first),

Yet, the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.