generation

noun

1. The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
2. The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
3. Race, family; breed.
4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.“This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1”