twelve patriarchs

American  

plural noun

1. patriarch5

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Example Sentences

Our instructor had occasion to speak of the twelve tribes of Israel, of the twelve patriarchs, of the twelve gates of the holy city.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various

And gave him the testament of circumcision, and he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the viij. day, and Isaac begat Iacob, and Iacob the twelve patriarchs.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

Morgan’s researches do not seem to have furnished him with the arms of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but those of the twelve patriarchs are given by him and others.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

From The World English Bible (WEB): Acts by Anonymous

It swelled them immeasurably in self-importance if they could trace their lineage back in unbroken line to one of the twelve patriarchs, or to one of those who came out of Egypt.

From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by Milligan, George