Men, brothers, being permitted to speak to you with openness about the patriarch David, that he both perished and was buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day.

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

And notice how great this man was, to whom also the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the best spoils.