forebear
3.traditionally considered to be the forebear of the Arabs
4.Consider how much more frugal the poor are than we, how much better they forebear hardship.
5.In the Old Testament, a son of Jacob and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel
6.In the Old Testament, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
7.In the Old Testament, the younger son of Jacob and Rachel and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
8.Rather the delicacy of the brow, the projection of the face and the curvature of the rear of the skull evoke H. habilis, the presumed forebear of H. erectus.

