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)

 6:10 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his own image, and called his name Seth.

 6:11 And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred years, and he begat many sons and daughters;

 6:12 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

 6:13 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begat Enos, and prophesied in all his days, and taught his son Enos in the ways of God; wherefore Enos prophesied also.

 6:14 And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begat many sons and daughters.

 6:15 And the children of men were numerous upon all the face of the land. And in those days Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed; and a man's hand was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret works, seeking for power.

 6:16 All the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

 6:17 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. And Enos and the residue of the people of God came out from the land, which was called Shulon, and dwelt in a land of promise, which he called after his own son, whom he had named Cainan.

 6:18 And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat many sons and daughters. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

 6:19 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel; and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

 6:20 And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begat Jared; and Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

 6:21 And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begat Enoch; and Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Jared taught Enoch in all the ways of God.

 6:22 And this is the genealogy of the sons of Adam, who was the son of God, with whom God, himself, conversed.

 6:23 And they were preachers of righteousness, and spake and prophesied, and called upon all men, everywhere, to repent; and faith was taught unto the children of men.

 6:24 And it came to pass that all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

 6:25 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah.




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
BM 42 0 42
DC 0 0 0
PGP 32 0 32
Moses 32 0 32
TOTAL 299 0 299

Moses 5:3
And from that time forth, the sons and daughters of Adam began to divide two and two in the land, and to till the land, and to tend flocks, and they also begat sons and daughters.

Moses 5:42
And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bare Enoch, and he also begat many sons and daughters. And he builded a city, and he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

Moses 5:43
And unto Enoch was born Irad, and other sons and daughters. And Irad begat Mahujael, and other sons and daughters. And Mahujael begat Methusael, and other sons and daughters. And Methusael begat Lamech.

Moses 6:10
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his own image, and called his name Seth.

Moses 6:11
And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred years, and he begat many sons and daughters;

Moses 6:13
Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begat Enos, and prophesied in all his days, and taught his son Enos in the ways of God; wherefore Enos prophesied also.

Moses 6:14
And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begat many sons and daughters.

Moses 6:17
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. And Enos and the residue of the people of God came out from the land, which was called Shulon, and dwelt in a land of promise, which he called after his own son, whom he had named Cainan.

Moses 6:18
And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat many sons and daughters. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

Moses 6:19
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel; and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

Moses 6:20
And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begat Jared; and Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

Moses 6:21
And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begat Enoch; and Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Jared taught Enoch in all the ways of God.

Moses 6:25
And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah.

Moses 8:5
And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech;

Moses 8:6
And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters;

Moses 8:8
And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and begat a son,

Moses 8:10
And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters;

Moses 8:12
And Noah was four hundred and fifty years old, and begat Japheth; and forty-two years afterward he begat Shem of her who was the mother of Japheth, and when he was five hundred years old he begat Ham.