'Ancestors' in the Bible

In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them.

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

What we have heard and learned -- that which our ancestors have told us --

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.

May his ancestors' sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother's sin not be forgotten!