16 Bible Verses about Ancestors

When our father Abraham offered his son Isaac on the altar, was he not justified by what he did?

Three days later, he called the leading Jews together, and when they met he said to them, "Brothers, although I have done nothing against the People or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.

the patriarchs are theirs, and theirs too (so far as natural descent goes) is the Christ. (Blessed for evermore be the God who is over all! Amen.)

for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

To-day I am standing my trial for hoping in the promise made by God to our fathers,

So far as the gospel goes, they are enemies of God ??which is to your advantage; but so far as election goes, they are beloved for their father's sake.

and you say 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

And you will fill up the measure that your fathers filled.

Blessed be the Reign to come, our father David's reign. Hosanna in high heaven!"

to deal mercifully with our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant,

Are you a greater man than Jacob, our ancestor? He gave us this well, and he drank from it, with his sons and his cattle."

Now our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, whereas you Jews declare the proper place for worship is at Jerusalem."

Our ancestors ate manna in the desert: as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat."

Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died;

Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."

Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, it came from your ancestors), and you will circumcise a man upon the sabbath.