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).

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 ...

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.

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 ...

In the covenant of the pieces, Abraham splits animals in half and prepares fowl – symbolic, according to Nachmanides, of the future Temple sacrificial service (Genesis 15:9, 10).

In the covenant between God and Abraham, God promised Abraham three things: He would have a son, even though he and his wife Sarah were quite old. Through his son he would have many descendants ...

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 ...