Men, brethren, it is permitted to speak with freedom of speech to you of the patriarch David, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is with us even till this day.

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

And the patriarchs having been jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

And behold how great this one, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave the tenth of the first fruits.