* The phrase "descended from" is another way of saying "a descendant of" as in "Abraham was descended from Noah." This could also be translated as "from the family line of."
* A person's "posterity" is all of his descendants.
(See also: [Abraham](../names/abraham.md), [ancestor](../other/father.md), [Jacob](../names/jacob.md), [Noah](../names/noah.md), [twelve tribes of Israel](../other/12tribesofisrael.md))
* __[02:09](rc://en/tn/help/obs/02/09)__ "The woman's __descendant__ will crush your head, and you will wound his heel."
* __[04:09](rc://en/tn/help/obs/04/09)__ "I give the land of Canaan to your __descendants__."
* __[05:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/10)__ "Your __descendants__ will be more than the stars in the sky."
* __[17:07](rc://en/tn/help/obs/17/07)__ "Someone from your family will always rule as king over Israel, and the Messiah will be one of your __descendants__!"
* __[18:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/18/13)__ The kings of Judah were __descendants__ of David.
* __[21:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/21/04)__ God promised King David that the Messiah would be one of David's own __descendants__.
* __[48:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/48/13)__ God promised David that the Messiah would be one of his __descendants__. Jesus, the Messiah, was that special __descendant__ of David.