patriarchs <ACT7 -8> And he gave him the covenant of

circumcision:

and so Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day;

and

Isaac begat] Jacob; and Jacob begat] the twelve {patriarchs}.

patriarchs <ACT7 -9> And the {patriarchs}, moved with envy, sold

Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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