1-4 Godvisited Sarah exactly as he said he would;Goddid to Sarah what he promised: Sarah became pregnant and gave Abraham a son in his old age, and at the very…

1 After all this, God tested Abraham. God said, “Abraham!” “Yes?” answered Abraham. “I’m listening.” 2 He said, “Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the…

1-2 Sarah lived 127 years. Sarah died in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham mourned for Sarah and wept. 3-4 Then Abraham got up from mourning…

Isaac and Rebekah 1 Abraham was now an old man.Godhad blessed Abraham in every way. 2-4 Abraham spoke to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of…

1-2 Abraham married a second time; his new wife was named Keturah. She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan had Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s…

1 There was a famine in the land, as bad as the famine during the time of Abraham. And Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar….

1 When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, “My son.” “Yes, Father?” 2-4 “I’m an old man,” he…

1-2 So Isaac called in Jacob and blessed him. Then he ordered him, “Don’t take a Caananite wife. Leave at once. Go to Paddan Aram to the family of your…

1-3 Jacob set out again on his way to the people of the east. He noticed a well out in an open field with three flocks of sheep bedded down…

1 When Rachel realized that she wasn’t having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She told Jacob, “Give me sons or I’ll die!” 2 Jacob got…