LXX Concordance for τέκνων

“Reuben, you are my firstborn,

my strength and the firstfruits of my virility,

excelling in prominence, excelling in power.

“and so that you may tell[fn] your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am the LORD.”

maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

“He must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the neglected wife, by giving him two shares[fn][fn] of his estate, for he is the firstfruits of his virility; he has the rights of the firstborn.

“If you come across a bird's nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, do not take the mother along with the young.

“Fathers are not to be put to death for their children, and children are not to be put to death for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.

“refusing to share with any of them his children's flesh that he will eat because he has nothing left during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you in all your towns.

He said about Asher:

May Asher[fn] be the most blessed of the sons;

may he be the most favored among his brothers

and dip his foot in olive oil.

“Now then, prepare one new cart and two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

However, he did not put their children to death, because ​— ​as it is written in the Law, in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded ​— ​“Fathers are not to die because of children, and children are not to die because of fathers, but each one will die for his own sin.”

Then Josiah donated thirty thousand sheep, lambs, and young goats, plus three thousand cattle from his own possessions, for the Passover sacrifices for all the lay people who were present.

We will not hide them from their children,

but will tell a future generation

the praiseworthy acts of the LORD,

his might, and the wondrous works

he has performed.

He gives the childless woman a household,

making her the joyful mother of children.

Hallelujah!

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,

and the pride of children is their fathers.

“‘Some of your descendants ​— ​who come from you, whom you father ​— ​will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.' ”

There is no one to guide her

among all the children she has raised;

there is no one to take hold of her hand

among all the offspring she has brought up.

“and go out to Ben Hinnom Valley near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.

“In those days, it will never again be said,

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

“You show faithful love to thousands but lay the fathers' iniquity on their sons' laps after them, great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Armies,

“This is what the Lord GOD says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness exposed by your acts of prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel:

‘The fathers eat sour grapes,

and the children's teeth are set on edge'?

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Because you have rejected knowledge,

I will reject you from serving as my priest.

Since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I will also forget your sons.

Labor pains come on him.

He is not a wise son;

when the time comes,

he will not be born.[fn]

I saw among the inexperienced,[fn]

I noticed among the youths,

a young man lacking sense.