Unto The Seventh Generation

The prophets in the Old Testament refer to the sins of the parents being visited unto the 7th generation. The evil we do casts a long shadow upon yet unborn, future generations. I am convinced that a primary reason for this is that wicked practices, poor practices and traditional victims of parental bias are readily, eagerly and willingly assumed and absorbed by the next generation. Being fallen from birth, the young are far more receptive to bad things and practices that their parents seek to share with them than the useful and humane teachings from these same parents. This hereditary acceptance of what is negative and bequeathed is a prime reason why evil of the foreparents is visited unto the 7th generation or the 47th generation.