'Fathers' in the Bible

[Although] God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,

where your fathers tested [me] by trial and saw my works

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took hold of them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?