Quotes About Heritage

Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

When he was set outside, Pharaohís daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.

“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?

And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

Not only that, but Rebeccaís children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.

He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaohís daughter.