The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.

Production; formation; as the generation of sounds or of curves or equations.

A single succession in natural descent, as the children of the same parents; hence, an age. Thus we Say, the third, the fourth, or the tenth generation. Genesis 15:76.

The people of the same period, or living at the same time. O faithless and perverse’ generation. Luke 9:41.

Genealogy; a series of children or descendants from the same stock. This is the book of the generations of Adam. Genesis 5:1.

A family; a race.

Progeny; offspring.