Acts 7:8

Stephen's Defense

⁷ ‘And I will judge any nation to whom they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me [in worship] in this place.’ ⁸ And God gave Abraham a covenant [a formal agreement to be strictly observed] of [which] circumcision [was the sign]; and so [under these circumstances] Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [became the father] of Jacob, and Jacob [became the father] of the twelve patriarchs. ⁹ “The [ten elder] patriarchs, overwhelmed with jealousy, sold [their younger brother] Joseph into [slavery in] Egypt; but God was with him,

God Made

The Twelve

Abraham

Isaac

Israel

Jacob

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Genesis 17:9-14

Further, God said to Abraham, “As for you [your part of the agreement], you shall keep and faithfully obey [the terms of] 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, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

Genesis 35:16

Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath (Bethlehem), Rachel began to give birth and had difficulty and suffered severely.

Acts 2:29

“Brothers, I may confidently and freely 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

The Lord graciously remembered and visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised.

Genesis 25:21-26

Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was unable to conceive children; and the Lord granted his prayer and Rebekah his wife conceived [twins].

Genesis 29:31-24

Now when the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 35:18

And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow); but his father called him Benjamin (son of the right hand).

Exodus 1:1-4

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

1 Chronicles 1:34

Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel (Jacob).

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 [who became the twelve tribes of Israel].

John 7:22

For this reason Moses has given you [God’s law regarding] circumcision (not that it originated with Moses, but with the patriarchs) and you circumcise a man [even] on the Sabbath.

Romans 4:10

How then was it credited [to him]? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before? Not after, but while [he was] uncircumcised.

Romans 9:9-13

For this is what the promise said: “About this time [next year] I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, I speak in terms of human relations: even though a last will and testament is just a human covenant, yet when it has been signed and made legally binding, no one sets it aside or adds to it [modifying it in some way].

Galatians 3:17

This is what I mean: the Law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later [after the covenant concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot invalidate the covenant previously established by God, so as to abolish the promise.

Hebrews 7:4

Now pause and consider how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the spoils.