God’s covenant with Abraham is depicted in a medieval illustration from a manuscript from around the 13th century, Rudolf von Ems’ depiction in the Weltchronik (World History).

God and Abraham. The covenant between God and the Jewish people is a thread running throughout the early parts of the Bible, and one of the vital pillars of Judaism.

This week’s Parsha features the dramatic Covenant between the Parts (Bereshit 15). Yet the whole episode appears troubling. We need to delve into the dialogue between God and Abraham itself in ...

The covenant of circumcision (Genesis 17), is a personal covenant, between God and Abraham’s family. Abraham and his first born son Ishmael will enter into it that very day, which is why it ...

These include the Noahic Covenant set out in Genesis 9, which was decreed between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants with Prophet Abraham, the whole ...

Notably, more than half of the verses relate to God’s remembrance of His covenants with His people. “And God heard their groaning cry, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac ...

The second covenant, at Sinai, was with the entire nation, the covenant of religious law, when God revealed His will in the form of ethical, moral and ritual commandments [Exodus 19-24].

The covenant between God and Jews is the basis for the idea of the Jews as the chosen people. The first covenant was between God and Abraham. Jewish men are circumcised as a symbol of this covenant.

The Second Covenant. The covenant that God gave at Mount Sinai reinforced the covenant that God had given to Abraham, and told the Jews what they would have to do as their side of the covenant ...