So much of the problem with 'patriarchy'. I would certainly be willing to say that patriarchy is alive, and well, and will remain so because it’s intrinsic to the human condition. But not if you force me to allow feminists to define what patriarchy actually is. Or was, or however you put it.

The word 'patriarch' means 'father-rule' and it is used in the New Testament to describe Abraham, David, and the twelve sons of Jacob. It is found, I would argue, in Jeremiah 35, and in God's description of Abraham:

Gen 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.a

And in the statement of Joshua:

Jos 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.