‘The Faithful: Women of the Bible' exclusive clip reveals emotional moment between Sarah, Abraham

By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Friday, March 13, 2026

A tender moment between Abraham and Sarah offers a glimpse into the heart of FOX’s upcoming biblical drama “The Faithful: Women of the Bible.”

In an exclusive clip from the premiere episode, Abraham rushes toward Sarah, played by Minnie Driver, after a frightening ordeal, relief and concern evident in his voice.

“Oh, my beloved, you’re alive. Did they hurt you? Are you harmed?” he asks. “God? Did God save you?”

Sarah, visibly shaken, pauses before responding: “I can’t explain it.”

The brief exchange captures the tone the creators say they hoped to achieve with the series: portraying well-known biblical figures as deeply human people wrestling with faith, fear and uncertainty.

“The Faithful: Women of the Bible” premieres Sunday, March 22, launching a three-week television event airing three consecutive Sundays through April 5.

Executive producers Julie Weitz and Rene Echevarria previously shared how the project was born from a desire to retell the early chapters of Genesis through the perspectives of the women whose lives shaped the biblical narrative.

“We had this epiphany that there’s a point of view that has not been really looked at,” Weitz said during a discussion with reporters. “Which were the women and how they were essential to the stories that most people know about: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.”

The limited series follows five women from Genesis — Sarah, her servant Hagar, Sarah’s daughter-in-law Rebekah and sisters Leah and Rachel — whose decisions and struggles helped shape the foundations of the biblical story.

In the opening episode, Sarah’s story becomes what Weitz described as “a journey of faith,” while Hagar’s storyline explores themes of freedom and survival. The two narratives intersect around the controversial biblical account of surrogacy between Sarah and Hagar, a storyline the producers say carries striking modern parallels.

“It’s a fairly modern story about a pledge, a deal between two women about a child,” Weitz said.

Echevarria, whose writing credits include “Carnival Row” and “The 4400,” said the creative team established a clear rule when adapting the Bible for television.

“If it is expressly stated in the Bible, that is our roadmap,” Weitz said. “Where it’s not, we obviously have to imagine a bit. This is television.”

To ensure the story remained historically and theologically grounded, the production consulted outside advisors, including theologian Russell Moore and Rabbi Wendy Zierler, a scholar of biblical women.

Those conversations, Echevarria said, helped shape how the writers understood the cultural realities of life in the ancient Near East.

“One of the things that first leapt out at me … is that it would have been perfectly normal and ordinary and expected for Abraham … to have taken a second wife,” he said. “But he never did.”

The series was filmed on location in Rome and Matera, Italy, with much of the production built outdoors rather than on soundstages in an effort to create a more authentic visual world.

“Everything was built from the ground up from dirt,” Weitz said.

For the producers, the title “The Faithful” reflects the spiritual journeys of the women at the center of Genesis, which include doubt, impatience and trust in God's faithfulness.

“These women are remembered for their great faith,” Echevarria said. “But it was a journey.”

“The Faithful: Women of the Bible,” produced by FOX Entertainment Studios and distributed globally by FOX Entertainment Global, stars Minnie Driver as Sarah, Jeffrey Donovan as Abraham and Natacha Karam as Hagar, alongside Alexa Davalos as Rebekah, Millie Brady as Leah and Blu Hunt as Rachel.

The series premieres Sunday, March 22, airing from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT and concluding April 5.