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)

 7:26 And because the people did repent of their iniquities and idolatries the Lord did spare them, and they began to prosper again in the land. And it came to pass that Shule begat sons and daughters in his old age.

 7:27 And there were no more wars in the days of Shule; and he remembered the great things that the Lord had done for his fathers in bringing them across the great deep into the promised land; wherefore he did execute judgment in righteousness all his days.

 8:1 And it came to pass that he begat Omer, and Omer reigned in his stead. And Omer begat Jared; and Jared begat sons and daughters.




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
1 Ne. 1 0 1
Ether 41 0 41
DC 0 0 0
PGP 32 0 32
TOTAL 299 0 299

Ether 6:15
And the brother of Jared also begat sons and daughters.

Ether 6:16
And the friends of Jared and his brother were in number about twenty and two souls; and they also begat sons and daughters before they came to the promised land; and therefore they began to be many.

Ether 7:2
And he begat sons and daughters; yea, he begat thirty and one, among whom were twenty and three sons.

Ether 7:3
And it came to pass that he also begat Kib in his old age. And it came to pass that Kib reigned in his stead; and Kib begat Corihor.

Ether 7:4
And when Corihor was thirty and two years old he rebelled against his father, and went over and dwelt in the land of Nehor; and he begat sons and daughters, and they became exceedingly fair; wherefore Corihor drew away many people after him.

Ether 7:7
And it came to pass that Kib dwelt in captivity, and his people under Corihor his son, until he became exceedingly old; nevertheless Kib begat Shule in his old age, while he was yet in captivity.

Ether 7:12
And it came to pass that Shule also begat many sons and daughters.

Ether 7:26
And because the people did repent of their iniquities and idolatries the Lord did spare them, and they began to prosper again in the land. And it came to pass that Shule begat sons and daughters in his old age.

Ether 8:1
And it came to pass that he begat Omer, and Omer reigned in his stead. And Omer begat Jared; and Jared begat sons and daughters.

Ether 8:4
And now, in the days of the reign of Omer he was in captivity the half of his days. And it came to pass that he begat sons and daughters, among whom were Esrom and Coriantumr;

Ether 9:10
And it came to pass that Akish begat other sons, and they won the hearts of the people, notwithstanding they had sworn unto him to do all manner of iniquity according to that which he desired.

Ether 9:14
And it came to pass that Omer began to be old; nevertheless, in his old age he begat Emer; and he anointed Emer to be king to reign in his stead.

Ether 9:21
And Emer did execute judgment in righteousness all his days, and he begat many sons and daughters; and he begat Coriantum, and he anointed Coriantum to reign in his stead.

Ether 9:24
And it came to pass that his wife died, being an hundred and two years old. And it came to pass that Coriantum took to wife, in his old age, a young maid, and begat sons and daughters; wherefore he lived until he was an hundred and forty and two years old.

Ether 9:25
And it came to pass that he begat Com, and Com reigned in his stead; and he reigned forty and nine years, and he begat Heth; and he also begat other sons and daughters.

Ether 10:2
And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his fathers, and he did build up a righteous kingdom; for he remembered what the Lord had done in bringing Jared and his brother across the deep; and he did walk in the ways of the Lord; and he begat sons and daughters.

Ether 10:4
And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon the face of the land, and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land. And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age; and he begat Riplakish. And he died, and Riplakish reigned in his stead.

Ether 10:13
And Morianton did live to an exceedingly great age, and then he begat Kim; and Kim did reign in the stead of his father; and he did reign eight years, and his father died. And it came to pass that Kim did not reign in righteousness, wherefore he was not favored of the Lord.

Ether 10:14
And his brother did rise up in rebellion against him, by which he did bring him into captivity; and he did remain in captivity all his days; and he begat sons and daughters in captivity, and in his old age he begat Levi; and he died.

Ether 10:16
And after he had obtained unto himself the kingdom he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord; and the people did prosper in the land; and he did live to a good old age, and begat sons and daughters; and he also begat Corom, whom he anointed king in his stead.

Ether 10:17
And it came to pass that Corom did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his days; and he begat many sons and daughters; and after he had seen many days he did pass away, even like unto the rest of the earth; and Kish reigned in his stead.

Ether 10:29
And it came to pass that Lib did live many years, and begat sons and daughters; and he also begat Hearthom.

Ether 10:31
And he begat Heth, and Heth lived in captivity all his days. And Heth begat Aaron, and Aaron dwelt in captivity all his days; and he begat Amnigaddah, and Amnigaddah also dwelt in captivity all his days; and he begat Coriantum, and Coriantum dwelt in captivity all his days; and he begat Com.

Ether 11:4
And he lived to a good old age, and begat Shiblom; and Shiblom reigned in his stead. And the brother of Shiblom rebelled against him, and there began to be an exceedingly great war in all the land.

Ether 11:14
And it came to pass that Ethem did execute judgment in wickedness all his days; and he begat Moron. And it came to pass that Moron did reign in his stead; and Moron did that which was wicked before the Lord.

Ether 11:18
And it came to pass that he did overthrow Moron and obtain the kingdom; wherefore, Moron dwelt in captivity all the remainder of his days; and he begat Coriantor.

Ether 11:23
And it came to pass that Coriantor begat Ether, and he died, having dwelt in captivity all his days.