Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.

I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”

But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.