Various, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, The Epistles of Clement… (1885)
“ Let us think [2] over the things which have taken place from the beginning. For what reason was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not because he wrought righteousness and truth through faith? Isaac, [3] with perfect confidence, as if knowing what was to happen, [4] cheerfully yielded himself as a sacrifice. [5] Jacob, through reason [6] of his brother, went forth with humility from his own land, and came to Laban and served him; and there was given to him the sceptre of the twelve tribes of Israel. ”
