Old Testament
Father to Seth, Abel, Cain...
Adam
Genesis 4:1; 5:4
His son baptized Jesus in the Jordan River
Zechariah
When is Father's Day celebrated in the U.S.?
The Third Sunday in June
This father's third son, Absalom, was known for his beauty and long hair. Absalom rebelled against his father. He dies in battle when his hair got caught in a tree. He was later killed.
David
2 Samuel 13-19
He was the father to the "sons of thunder" James and John
Zebedee
Which President signed a law establishing Father’s Day as a national holiday in 1972?
Richard Nixon
37th President - Jan 20, 1969- Aug 9, 1974
This father had a daughter named Dinah, sons -Issacar, Zebulan - and many other sons and daughters.
Jacob
12 sons (Genesis 35:22-26)
Dinah (Genesis 30:21)
This father was a leader in the synagogue. He said to Jesus, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live."
Jairus
Mark 5: 21-24
Which U.S. president fathered the most children?
John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States had 15 children. He was from Virginia.
April 4, 1841 - March 3, 1845
Hannah's husband.
Elkanah
1 Samuel 1
He was a father figure to Timothy
Paul
1 Timothy 1:1- 2
There have been two father-son duos who served as U.S. presidents. Who were they?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams; George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush
This father made a promise to the LORD, saying, if the LORD will hand over the Ammonites to him, he will give the LORD a burnt offering using the first thing that comes out of his house to meet him.
Jephthah
Jephthah's only child, his daughter was the first to come out of his house to greet him.
Judges 11:29-40
A Cyrenian and father of Alexander and Rufus; he helped carry Jesus' cross.
Simon
Mark 15:21
According to the Guinness World Records, who is the oldest man to father a child.
The oldest man to father a child was reportedly Les Colley (1898 - 1998, Australia), who had his ninth child a son named Oswald to his third wife at the age of 92 years 10 months. Colley met Oswald's Fijian mother in 1991 through a dating agency at the age of 90.