Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Abraham · Isaac · Jacob
in the texts
Stromata
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the patriarchs, listed by Clement among the prophets active before the Law.
and Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, plainly showing forth not a few of the things to come and already present.
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum
The patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, recipients of God's covenant promise.
Likewise, "Ask, and you shall receive," befits one who knew of whom he was to ask, by whom too something had been promised — namely, of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom the nations knew no more than they knew any promise of his.