1 Maccabees 2:52-54

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵² Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice?

⁵³ Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt.

⁵⁴ Phinees our father, by being fervent in the zeal of God, received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.