"As to the patriarch David, I need hardly remind you, brethren, that he died and was buried, and that we still have his tomb among us.

"Then He gave him the Covenant of circumcision, and under this Covenant he became the father of Isaac--whom he circumcised on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.

"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him