'Fathers' in the Bible

In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident];They trusted and You rescued them.

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;Do not be silent at my tears;For I am Your temporary guest,A sojourner like all my fathers.

We have heard with our ears, O God,Our fathers have told usThe work You did in their days,In the days of old.

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

In place of your fathers will be your sons;You shall make princes in all the land.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;They shall never again see the light.

I will [solemnly] remember the deeds of the Lord;Yes, I will [wholeheartedly] remember Your wonders of old.

Which we have heard and known,And our fathers have told us.

For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in JacobAnd appointed a law in Israel,Which He commanded our fathersThat they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],

And not be like their fathers—A stubborn and rebellious generation,A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathersIn the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].

They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].

“When your fathers tested Me,They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles].

We have sinned like our fathers;We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles;They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts,But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.

Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered by the Lord;And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.