Static front home page not showing content

My static home page will not display any of the content on the page I selected as “static front” home page. I have tried selecting multiple pages as the “home” and everytime, it does not show up on the homepage, and when I go to view the page its self, it does not display content. This is only when it is set at “home” though. When I deselect the page, the content shows up again. I saw the issue being resolved by

Dashboard/Appearance/Home Layout then drag Page Content to “Enabled” column

and I am sure that is the right thing to do, but I DO NOT HAVE home layout as an option anywhere! My appearance tab only has Themes, Customize, Widgets, Menus, Background and Editor, none of which have any options for enabling page content. Please help!

Kind regards,
Polina