it was HO doubt on Ihi- -round iliat .lii-lin Martyr (ApnI. i. :iL">) inferied 1 1, at .Matv was of (lie tribe of Judah (cf. I'mi.r. .I.iml.i, III, where she is said
to be of the nil I llavnli. SI. Manhew (P»)
and St. Luke il-' L'a a--eii ihe H.avidie descent of Joseph, but iiol ih.il ol Mai\-: I'oiilrasI Lk P, where Elisaheih i- -.nd lo l.e of (he dam^liter.s of Aaron. Sandav Ibadlain on l!o b' point out tliat in rrxt. XJI l'(tl,i:,r,li. we find the theory of a doulile descent from L.^vi and from Judah (%»!.. 7 and G((d 8), aiul they remark that this is no doubt an inference from the relationship of Mary to Elisabeth (Lk l'«).
We must conclude, therefore, that we have two independent attempts to establish the Davidic descent of Joseph, and that they can be harmonized only by suppositions which are incapable of proof and hardly probable.
GENERATION.— A word of several meanings employed to render two dillenait words in OT and four in NT. All are, llo^^e^el. related ill tli(mght, and all have a close connexion with the Gospels and Jewish thoirght in the time of Christ.
1. In OT ' generation ' is used to render (1) tlie Heli. nil or ^1. ni, connected with Assyr. darii, 'to endure," means primarily a, period of time. This meaning has survived in OT chiefly in iinPtrv. and in the lOirasesml 1^ Ps 4518 61', T^ 11^ K\ :.i "■•^- -- I- 1 ' 1'- 7 iiid such like, to indicate time sliii.i !, ; ] I il- .'.!"), or (more generally) into
till' !;;■ : '; I' ii n . refer both to past and future
Oil " lii 1 1 defined by the life
of :i II •,...,, I ,i. ;: ;.i,.i. , ' , i , . ] ,y a loose usage it
<•> ' i i • i"ii.«l(Gn 71,Ex 16,
I't ::' ■, t.i I ., I- . . . 1 . M ■. ; . I III- I I. Ill use of the word
' iigu ■;. .s., ,a u a lua;, Ik u.^cvl ei .i tin.... ei men living contem- liorancoiisly anil iiosscssiiig certain characteristics (Dt 325, Pr 80"- 12. 13. IJ).
(2) The other word in OT (rendered always plural 'genera- tion.s') is nn^in. Here the root-idea is 'birth,' 'descent,'
ili-|iniij.' from 1^' 'to bring forth.' Hence it is used of li:ii 51 69 101 1110. m, Ru 418 etc.), of divisions bv , ( X„ 120. 22. 24 etc.). It is even used of the crcatioti
I III .1.11 Id (Gn 24 lit. 'the begettings of the heaven and the
2. Of the four words rendered ' generation ' in NT two are unimportant so far as the Gospels are concerned. (1) In IP -2" 'a chosen generation,' 7^TO! «\e*-rw., sboulil lie lendenil :i- in i;V, 'an
elect race.' (•_') In Ml 1' the n Iioiild be
'the I k of the ,„■„,,„ of .!, I . I I , ,i-i,igthe
word yfi'fui'i in its v,iil,'>i ^en-". Ihe aning in
Mt 1«, Lk 1" is sliuhily dilVerent, and is best ex- pressed by ' birth ' (l'\'i. (3) The most important word used in the (;o-|iels is yevcd, meaning (a) 'race,' ' ofl'spriiiu," 'desciMit'; (/;) the people of any given period : (') a ]ierio(l binsely delined by the life of a man or of a family : {</) iii'sucli phra.ses as eis yevrnt yci'euii' (Lk I'") it is used. a|i]iarentl_y as the equivalent of c~\,-\ ni, to exjiress iiidelinite time, generally in the future. Cf. the expression in Eph 3=1 els Trdaas rds yeveds rov alu^vos rwf ai'uii'wc, whicll, however, is considered liy Dalman ( U'lm/x cf Jesus, p. 165, Eng. tr.) as referring to all the generations of 'the current age' of 'the world period.' But the iihrase seems rather to be the strongest possible way of exjiressing 'for ever.' That
CxENNESARET, LAKE OF
GENNESARET, LAND OF
ycvei (rendered ' generation ') does express ,' the current age ' of ' the worUl period ' is obvious in the Gospels (Lk 16», Mt 24^, and less clearly Mt 233«) ; also the people of that age (Mt 12'» 16^ Mk 8'=, Lk 1 1=»). In the sense of («) it is found only in JMt 1" and apparently never in its original sense (n). (4) Tliis fast is expressed by quite a different word, viz. yim,,j,a.. In Mt 3' 12** 23^^ Lk 3', AV has tlie phrase 'generation of vipers.' The Greek is ytpvinaTo. ix'-Svlit', which RV renders ' offspring of vipers.' The rendering of AV is due to Tindale (see Hastings' DB ii. 142*'). Elsewhere the word occurs as yiv-qiJ-a. (Mt 262", Lk 22i», 2 Co !)'"), rendered ' fruit.' G. GOHDON Stott.
GENNESARET, LAKE OF.— See Sea of Gali-
I.KIi.
GENNESARET, LAND OF.— Thither Jesus and His disciples repaired after the feeding of the 5000 (Mt 14--, Mk 6'=). This miracle probably took place on the N.E. sliore of the Sea of Galilee. When evening came, the Synoptists tell us, His disciples entered into a boat, and crossing over the sea, came to the land, unto Gennesaret, etri ttju yr)v eU TevvriaapiT (Mt 14**, Mk 6=^).
1. Naine. — The 'Land of Gennesar, or Gennesa- ret,' is mentioned but twice in the Bible (Mt 14**, Mk 6-'*). The name 'Gennesaret,' however, occurs elsewhere : once as the name of tlie Lake, irapa TTiv XlfiPTiv Vevv-qaapiT (Lk 5'), once in 1 Mac 11'" TO iiSiiip Tov rivvriadp, and is frequently found in Josephus, who uses both Xi/ivrj Veiii>ri(TaplTi.s {An/.. XVIII. ii. 1) and XI/ii/ti Tei-i/ijo-dp [BJ III. x. 7) ; in the Targums, ip'ja, npisa, 1D«3, and id'jj ; and in Pliny's writings, Gcre}ie.9ar« (v. 15). The name of tlie Lake was derived from that of the Plain, and that in turn from the name of a city sujiposed by the Jews to have been situated on the W. shore of the Sea of Galilee ; that portion of the jtlain bordering on' Mejdel being called Ard cl-Mcjdel. On the deriva- tion of tlie word Gennesaret, see art. Sea of Galilee.