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Example sentences for "our fathers"

  • As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever.

  • Our fathers adored on this mountain: and you say that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore.

  • And say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he judged he should be released.

  • To perform mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy testament.

  • Look from thy sanctuary, and thy high habitation of heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • That they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.

  • And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in and give us the land, concerning which he swore to our fathers.

  • And thou shalt go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him: I profess this day before the Lord thy God, that I am come into the land, for which he swore to our fathers, that he would give it us.

  • For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.

  • Saying: The God of our fathers, whose power thou hast set forth, will make this return to thee, that thou rather shalt see their destruction.

  • It was the principle that all men are born FREE AND EQUAL, that nerved the arm of our fathers in their contest for independence.

  • For all the benefits of our fathers' patriotism--and they are neither few nor trifling--let us be grateful to God and to their memories.

  • The very reputation of our fathers, the honor of our land, every principle of liberty, humanity, expediency, demand it.

  • No, no; thrice no, by the ashes of our fathers, by the altar of our God!

  • Reminded of our fathers, we should remember that we are brethren.

  • The spirit and power of our fathers, where are they?

  • I had reason, in a former part of this communication, to charge some of the sentiments of Professor Hodge with being alike reproachful to the memory of our fathers, and pernicious to the cause of civil liberty.

  • Good Old Cause, 'Tis a stirring sound to hear; For it tells of rights and liberties, Our fathers bought so dear; It summons our braves from their bloody graves.

  • Upon frequently inquiring the motive that prompted them in attempting to go to Jerusalem, the answer was, 'To die in the land of our fathers.

  • The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

  • Our games were feats with the bow and arrow, foot and pony races, wrestling, swimming and imitation of the customs and habits of our fathers.

  • That will go down with the traditions of our fathers," he concluded with an air of satisfaction.

  • We felt very much as our fathers did in hunting and war--each one strove to excel all the others.

  • On this great truth indeed, is founded that unrivaled, that invaluable political and moral institution, our own blessing and the glory of our fathers, the New England system of free schools.

  • The blood of our fathers, let it not have been shed in vain; the great hope of posterity, let it not be blasted.

  • Gamaliel heard them shouting and singing, and pointing to the room he shrugged his shoulders, saying, as he turned to his host: "They are returning thanks to the God of our fathers in the Alexandrian fashion.

  • It was the heroism of our fathers' day that swam the unknown seas; froze in the woods; starved with want and cold; fought battles with the red right hand.

  • We are among the sepulchers of our fathers.

  • We have pulled at the sweep and run at the games, We have striven to stand to our boyhood aims, And we know the worth of our fathers' names; Shall we have less care for our own?

  • Our fathers resisted, not the King's prerogative, but the King's usurpation.

  • It has seen the nation grow greater every year and more respected; by just dealing, by intelligent labor, by a genius for enterprise, it has seen the country extend its intercourse and its influence to regions unknown to our fathers.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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