The Covenant, God’s Promise
God’s call and promise of salvation to Abraham, and the story of Isaac and Jacob, whom God named Israel, ending with the settlement of the twelve tribes of Israel — the families of the twelve sons of Jacob — in Egypt, during the time of Joseph’s favor with the Egyptian Pharaoh. In traditional Church language, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are called the patriarchs.
| Article | Read Time | Hit Count | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abram | 6 mins | 4,522 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Abraham | 4 mins | 3,910 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Appearance of God to Abraham in the Form of Three Strangers | 2 mins | 4,385 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah | 2 mins | 4,583 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Offering of Isaac as a Sacrifice | 3 mins | 3,815 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Marriage of Isaac | 6 mins | 3,750 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Esau and Jacob | 2 mins | 4,139 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Jacob’s Vision of the Mystical Ladder | 3 mins | 4,930 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Joseph | 2 mins | 3,510 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Joseph in Egypt | 2 mins | 3,801 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Joseph’s Meeting with His Brothers and the Moving of Jacob into Egypt | 5 mins | 4,619 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| The Story of Job the Long-suffering | 3 mins | 4,696 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |