“For your servant guaranteed for the lad, to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him to you, I will have sinned to my father for all time’.” Genesis 44:32)
By Rabbi Benjy Morgan
“When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognised them, but he acted like a stranger toward them” Genesis 42:7
By Rabbi Paul Freedman
“After a time, his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, ‘Lie with me’. But he refused” Genesis 39:7-8
By Rabbi Miriam Lorie
Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what you have remain yours” Genesis 33:9
By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor
“And Jacob made a vow, saying: ‘If God remains with me, protecting me on this journey that I am making, and giving me bread to eat and clothing to wear, and I return in peace to my father’s house… then, the Lord shall be my God’” Genesis 28:20-21
By Rabbi Natasha Mann
“And Isaac again dug the wells of water which they had dug in the days of his father, Abraham” Genesis 26:17
“Rebecca lifted her eyes and she saw Isaac. She alighted from the camel” Genesis 24:64
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“Early next morning Abraham took some bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them over her shoulder, together with the child, and sent her away” Genesis 21:14
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“I will not take so much as a thread or a sandal strap of what is yours” (Genesis 14:23)
“The waters swelled and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark drifted upon the waters” Genesis 7:18
“It is only about fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said: ‘You shall not eat of it or touch it, lest you die’” Genesis 2:3
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign, Hashem, the God of Israel” Exodus 34:23
By Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
“For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you” Leviticus 16:30
By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss
“For this is not a trifling thing for you: it is your very life” Deuteronomy 32:47
By Rabbi Danny Rich
"You are standing here today, all of you... from the heads of tribes... to the woodcutters and water-drawers” Deuteronomy 29:9
By Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg
“My father was a fugitive Aramean” Deuteronomy 26:15
By Rabbi Kathleen Middleton
