Illustrations of Genesis

Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld

(1764-1841)

Malaspina Great Books

Creation Day 1

Creation Day 2

Creation Day 3

Creation Day 4

Creation Day 5

Creation Day 6

God created man in the image of himself...male and female, he created them.

Genesis 1:27-28 

Creation Day 7

Adam & Eve Eat Forbidden Fruit

Adam & Eve Hide From God

Adam & Eve Expelled From Eden

Adam & Eve With Cain & Abel

God Prefers Abel’s Sacrifice

Cain Kills Abel

Cain Builds The City of Enoch

Sons of God Marry Daughters of Men

Noah Builds the Ark

The Flood

Leaving the Ark

Noah’s Thanksgiving Sacrifice

Noah Curses Canaan, Son of Ham

The Tower of Babel

...let us build ourselves a townand a tower with its top reaching heaven.

Genesis 11:4 

Pieter Bruegel: The Tower of Babel 1563)

16th c. Flemish: Tower of Babel

Call of Abraham

King of Salem Blessing Abraham

God shows Abraham Stars

Sarah Laughing

Lot Flees Sodom Gomorrah

Abraham Sends Ishmael Away

Abraham Sacrifices Isaac

Then he bound his son Isaacand put him on the altar.

Genesis 22:9

Caravaggio

Rembrandt

Chagall

Chagall

Ghiberti

Abraham’s Servant Meets Rebekah

Rebekah Goes to Isaac

Isaac Blesses Jacob

Jacob’s Ladder

Jacob and Rachel

Jacob’s Deal for Rachel

Jacob Leaves For Canaan

Jacob Wrestles With Angel

Esau Embraces Jacob

Joseph Sold into Slavery

They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites... 

Genesis 37:28 

Bourdon

Velazquez

Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

Joseph Interprets Dream

Joseph in Charge of Egypt

Joseph’s Reunion With Brothers