Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 And the two Angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of the city. And when he had seen them, he rose up and went to meet them. And he reverenced prone on the ground. 2 And he said: “I beg you, my lords, turn aside to the […]

1 Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her. 3 Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in […]

1 Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken. 2 And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sarah bore for him, […]

1 After these things occurred, God tested Abraham, and he said to him, “Abraham, Abraham.” And he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He said to him: “Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the […]

1 Now Sarah lived for one hundred and twenty-seven years. 2 And she died in the city of Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn and weep for her. 3 And when he had risen up from the funeral duties, he spoke to the sons of Heth, saying: […]

1 Now Abraham was old and of many days. And the Lord had blessed him in all things. 2 And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was in charge of all that he had: “Place your hand under my thigh, 3 so that I may make you swear by the Lord, […]

1 In truth, Abraham took another wife, named Keturah. 2 And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Likewise, Jokshan conceived Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And truly, from Midian was born Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, […]

1 Then, when a famine arose over the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, in Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “Do not descend into Egypt, but rest in the land that I will tell you, […]

1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were cloudy, and so he was not able to see. And he called his elder son Esau, and he said to him, “My son?” And he responded, “Here I am.” 2 His father said to him: “You see that I am old, and I do not know […]

1 And so Isaac called for Jacob, and he blessed him, and he instructed him, saying: “Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan. 2 But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the […]