In answer to the question: What role do generational curses have in our lives today? I searched the Scriptures for the keywords “generation” and “curse.” Exodus 20 seems to be the source of many beliefs about generational curses saying that God is “
punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me” (v 5) despite the specific application to idol worship. In Ezekiel 18 God clearly states that, “The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child” (v 20). And as a final authority, Galatians 3 says that “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (v 13). The strengths and weaknesses of each argument are examined in more detail; however, the results show that there is no evidence that generational curses are or ever were a legitimate explanation for suffering.
