People’s Open Bible
1 Clement 31
Abraham Isaac Jacob Follow Faith
Open in the reader →1Let us therefore cling to his blessing, and let us see what the ways of blessing are. Let us unfold the things that have happened from the beginning.
2For what reason was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not because he did righteousness and truth through faith?
3Isaac, knowing with confidence what was to come, gladly offered himself as a sacrifice.
4Jacob, with humility, departed from his land because of his brother and went to Laban and served, and to him was given the twelve-sceptered people of Israel.
Composed from original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Ge’ez manuscripts, rendered in multiple passes to stay as close to the originals as possible. About this project