Bible Dictionary

Generation,

GENERA'TION, or GENERA'TIONS, "has three secondary meanings in the A.V.: 1. A genealogical register, as Gen 5:1. 2. A family history, Gen 6:9; Gen 25:1, since early history among the Orientals is dra…

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

: 1. A genealogical register, as Gen 5:1. 2. A family history, Gen 6:9; Gen 25:1, since early history among the Orientals is drawn so much from genealogical registers. 3. g. " — Smith.