Bereshit - Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1–17:27)

All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech.Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠Here⁠.If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population!BereshitLech Lecha (Genesis 12:1–17:27)God tells Abram, “Go forth,” launching a journey that will redefine faith and family. Abram and Sarai leave Haran for Canaan, where God promises land and countless descendants. A famine drives them to Egypt; a crisis with Pharaoh ends when plagues force their release, and they return to the land with new wealth. Strife between the herdsmen of Abram and his nephew Lot leads to a peaceful separation—Lot settles near Sodom while God reiterates His promise, inviting Abram to walk the length and breadth of the land. When four regional kings capture Lot, Abram musters 318 men, rescues him, and meets the priest-king Melchizedek, to whom he gives a tithe.God then cuts a covenant “between the pieces,” foretelling that Abram’s offspring will be strangers in a land not theirs before ultimately inheriting Canaan. Seeking children, Sarai gives her maidservant Hagar to Abram; Hagar conceives Ishmael and encounters an angel who names the child and promises him a future. At age 99, Abram receives the covenant of circumcision, with new names—Abraham and Sarah—and the pledge of a son, Isaac. Abraham circumcises every male in his household that very day. Themes to listen for: trust that moves with incomplete maps, the tension between human plans and divine promises, covenant as calling and responsibility, and leadership that chooses peace yet acts decisively for justice.