The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.