And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.^(A)

²⁹ ‘Brothers and sisters, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.^(A)

⁸ And so he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised^(A) him on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.^(B)

The Patriarchs in Egypt

⁹ ‘The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him^(C)