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The Return of Sarah by the Egyptians, from The Story of Abraham Series by Woven by Willem de Pannemaker after designs by Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder
The Veiled Virgin by Giovanni Strazza
Pharaoh gives Sarah back to Abraham by Isaac Isaacsz.

Genesis 12:10–20; 20:1–18 Silences

Lot Taken Captive by the Army of the Four Kings from Prudentius, Carmina by Unknown, Region of Lake Constance
Abraham Defeating the Four Kings by Unknown artist
The Victory of Abraham over the Four Kings from Psautier dit de saint Louis by Master of Abraham

Genesis 14:1–17 Abram the Warlord

Peinture, by Pierre Soulages
No Relief, by Zohar Gotesman
Husk Corn (Landrace), part of the Archiving Eden project, by Dornith Doherty

Genesis 15 Seeing in the Dark

The Lost Path by Frederick Walker
Hagar and Ishmael by Jean-François Millet
Genesis 16 verse, chapter 14 : And Abraham was fourscore and six when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abraham by Thomas Rowlandson

Genesis 16 Hagar’s Exile and Return

The Hospitality of Abraham (Icon of The Holy Trinity; The Old Testament Trinity) by Andrei Rublev
Abraham and the Three Angels by Marc Chagall
Abraham and the Angels by Robert Wagner

Genesis 18 The Hospitality of Abraham

Lot's Wife by Unknown artist
Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by Joachim Patinir
View from the town hall tower to the south with the allegory of kindness (sculpture by August Schreitmüller, 1908–10), from the series Dresden after the bombardment of 13–14 February 1945 by Richard Peter Sr

Genesis 19:1–29 Lot’s Wife

Lot's Daughters by Orazio Gentileschi
Lot's Daughters by Unknown artist, Netherlands
Lot's Daughters by Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael

Genesis 19:30–38 Lot’s Daughters

Hagar by Karel Gomes
Abraham's Farewell to Ishmael by George Segal
Hagar by Edmonia Lewis

Genesis 21:8–21 Get Out

Abraham Caressing Isaac by Rembrandt van Rijn
Wooded Landscape with Abraham and Isaac by Jan Brueghel the Elder
Sacrifice of Isaac, from Commentary on the Pentateuch, part 2 by Joel ben Simeon

Genesis 22:1–5 The Journey to Moriah

Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, and David by Unknown French artist
Abraham about to Slay Isaac, Baptistry Doors Competition Panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Story of Abraham by Lorenzo Ghiberti

Genesis 22:6–24 The Binding of Isaac

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Show all exhibitions from the Bible book Exodus

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General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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