Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

And he gave to him the covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

Now consider how great this personage was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.