8 Bible Verses about Patriarchs

See how great he was! Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils.

Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. "And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

Of them are the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, forever blessed. Amen.

As regards the gospel they are enemies of God, for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised to show God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

"Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.