8 Bible Verses about Patriarchs

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Hebrews 7:4

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

John 7:22

Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.

Acts 7:8-9

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,

Romans 11:28

As regards the glad tidings, they are enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.

Romans 15:8

For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;

Acts 2:29

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.

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Hebrews 11:9

By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

Genesis 25:27

And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents.

Genesis 13:5

And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents.

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