Category Archives: Genesis

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 […]

1 And so Jacob, setting out, arrived in the eastern land. 2 And he saw a well in a field, and also three flocks of sheep reclining near it. For the animals were watered from it, and its mouth was closed with a great stone. 3 And the custom was, when all the sheep were […]

1 Then Rachel, discerning that she was infertile, envied her sister, and so she said to her husband, “Give me children, otherwise I will die.” 2 Jacob, being angry, responded to her, “Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of your womb?” 3 But she said: “I have […]