from generation to generation

from generation to generation (not comparable)

1. (biblical) From one generation to the next, generationally.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 3:20, signature Ffff2, verso:

     But Iudah ſhall dwell foꝛ euer, and Ieruſalem from generation to generation.

   • 1835, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Doctrine and Covenants, 124:74:

     Therefore, I say unto you concerning my servant Vinson Knight, if he will do my will let him put stock into that house for himself, and for his generation after him, from generation to generation.