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)

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
NT 45 0 45
Matt. 39 0 39
Acts 4 0 4
James 1 0 1
1 Jn. 1 0 1
BM 42 0 42
DC 0 0 0
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 299 0 299

Matt. 1:2
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

Matt. 1:3
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

Matt. 1:4
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

Matt. 1:5
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

Matt. 1:6
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

Matt. 1:7
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

Matt. 1:8
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;

Matt. 1:9
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

Matt. 1:10
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

Matt. 1:11
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

Matt. 1:12
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

Matt. 1:13
And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

Matt. 1:14
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

Matt. 1:15
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

Matt. 1:16
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Acts 7:8
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Acts 7:29
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

1 Jn. 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.