Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Because
Bible References
Because
Luke 1:72
to deal mercifully with our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant,
Romans 9:5
the patriarchs are theirs, and theirs too (so far as natural descent goes) is the Christ. (Blessed for evermore be the God who is over all! Amen.)