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Concise Bible Dictionary: P
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George A. Morrish
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“Head of a family,” applied in the New Testament to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as ancestors of the Israelites, and to the twelve sons of Jacob. David also is thus designated (
Acts 2:29
29
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. (Acts 2:29)
;
Acts 7:8-9
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.
9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, (Acts 7:8‑9)
;
Heb. 7:4
4
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. (Hebrews 7:4)
). In other passages the same persons are called “the fathers.”
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