12 occurrences in 6 translations

'Ancestor' in the Bible

You're not greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it, along with his sons and his flocks, are you?"

You said by the Holy Spirit through the voice of our ancestor, your servant David, "Why do the unbelievers rage, and the people devise useless plots?

"The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran. God told him, "Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land I'll show you.'

What, then, are we to say about Abraham, our human ancestor?

Afterward he received the mark of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. Therefore, he is the ancestor of all who believe while uncircumcised, in order that righteousness may be credited to them.

He is also the ancestor of the circumcised those who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Not only that, but Rebecca became pregnant by our ancestor Isaac.

because Levi was still inside his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

Our ancestor Abraham was justified by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar, wasn't he?

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