Quotes about Forefathers
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
— Genesis 25:15
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.
— Philip Yancey
Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
— Genesis 22:22
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
— Exodus 1:2
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
— Jeremiah 16:15
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
— Matthew 1:7
Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
— Matthew 1:9
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
— Luke 3:35
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
— Jeremiah 11:10
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
— Ruth 4:20
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
— 1 Chronicles 29:15
Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
— Nehemiah 13:18