Gehazi and His Seed

From the Ladies Aid Society of the Sioux Center Church we received a question about the punishment meted out to Gehazi and his seed for the former's sin of covetousness and lying. The problem the society faced and could not solve satisfactorily was, how it is possible, seeing that the Bible teaches that the children shall not be punished for the sins of their fathers, that not only Gehazi but also his seed is punished. We all know the history. Naaman, the Syrian, was cleansed of his leprosy...