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

And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead men but of living!"

But as to the dead being raised, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are put outside.

But that the dead are raised to life, even Moses indicated in the passage about the bush, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has done this honor to his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go.

And he made the agreement of circumcision with him, 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.

'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses was terrified and did not dare to look at it.

nor are they all children of Abraham because they are descended from him, but he was told, "The line of Isaac will be called your descendants."

And that is not all, for there was Rebecca too, when she was about to bear twin sons to our forefather Isaac.

Now we, brothers, are like Isaac, children born in fulfilment of the promise.

Faith led him to make a temporary home as a stranger in the land he had been promised, and to live there in his tents, with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

of whom he had been told, "Your posterity is to arise through Isaac!"

Faith enabled Isaac to bequeath to Jacob and Esau blessings that were still to be.

Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar?