#forefather.ancestor__father__sire the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
supertype: ancestor__ascendant__ascendent__antecedent__root someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
subtype: patriarch any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
subtype: antediluvian_patriarch__antediluvian any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge
subtype: Jacob (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
subtype: Simeon (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
instance: Abraham Benjamin Isaac Ishmael Issachar Joseph Joseph.patriarch__joseph Judah Methuselah Noah Reuben.patriarch__reuben
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