CRITICAL NOTES.— Now the Lord had said] More literally this may read, “_The Lord said_,” and may refer to a call to leave Haran, and not to that which Abram received in Ur, of which Stephen speaks in Acts 7:2, and which was a short time previous (_Jacobus_).—ABRAM] _Heb. High father_—a distinguished... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 12:4. And Lot went with him] Kurtz understands that “God had not intended that Lot should join Abram on his journey. This (he says) is sufficiently manifest from his later history. But God allowed it, probably, from condescension to Abraham’s attachment to his family.” It w... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 12:10. A famine in the land] The frequent famines are a peculiar characteristic of early times, and of uncivilised lands. Egypt as a rich and fruitful land was even then a refuge from famine, as it was in the history of Jacob (_Lange_). Egypt being annually watered by the o... [ Continue Reading ]