Acts 7:8

Stephen's Defense

⁷ ‘And whatever nation to which they will be in bondage I Myself will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me in this place.’ ⁸ And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. ⁹ “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

God Made

The Twelve

Abraham

Isaac

Israel

Jacob

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Genesis 17:9-14

God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

Genesis 35:23-26

the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

Genesis 35:16

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.

Acts 2:29

“Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

Genesis 21:1-4

Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised.

Genesis 25:21-26

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 29:31-24

Now the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 35:18

It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

Exodus 1:1-4

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:

1 Chronicles 1:34

Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

1 Chronicles 2:1-2

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Matthew 1:2

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

John 7:22

For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

Romans 4:10

How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised;

Romans 9:9-13

For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.

Galatians 3:17

What I am saying is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Hebrews 7:4

Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils.