Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob, of Judah and his brethren;

Eliud, of Eleazar; Eleazar, of Matthan; Matthan, of Jacob;

And Jacob, of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

"I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

"I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

But in regard to the rising again of the dead, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

"and he shall reign over the House of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."

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

"'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out.

"But that the dead are raised, even Moses clearly implied in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord. "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.

so he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Jacob's Spring was there. So Jesus, tired out with his journey, was sitting thus by the spring.

Surely you are not greater than our Father Jacob, who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle, too?"

"The God of Abram, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go;

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

"But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt, and sent our ancestors there on their first visit.

"Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his family, numbering seventy-five souls, to come to him;

"and Jacob went down into Egypt.

"I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. "And Moses trembled and dared not gaze.

"David obtained favor with God, and asked permission to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written. The deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;

It was by faith that he sojourned in the promised land as an alien, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, his fellow heirs of the same promise.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.