From baeb20d16191b1e6e1a6a75bd480ea60c17de521 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bonnieheglund Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:47:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'generation.md' --- generation.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 generation.md diff --git a/generation.md b/generation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..06c4745 --- /dev/null +++ b/generation.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +# Generation + +The word “generation” is used to talk about a group of people who were all born around the same time period. Parents and their children were not born around the same time period, so they are from two different generations. + +The word “generation” is also used to talk about a period of time. In the Bible, a generation was a period of about 40 years. + +In the Bible, the word “generation” is also used to talk about a group of people who are the same in some way (see: Matthew 12:39; Acts 2:40; Philippians 2:15). + + +