Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'begotten' occurs 77 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'begotten' in the standard works and contain 16.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 76:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Moses 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 2:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
Gen. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
Judg. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Isa. 1 0 1
Hosea 1 0 1
NT 15 1 16
BM 11 0 11
DC 15 0 15
PGP 27 0 27
TOTAL 77 1 78

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

Lev. 18:11
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Num. 11:12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Deut. 23:8
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

Judg. 8:30
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Ps. 2:7
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Isa. 49:21
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.