Abram was the person who was later called Abraham. (See Genesis 17:5.) When Abram left Haran, his father Terah did not go with him. Terah lived in Haran for 60 years after Abram left. This is how we know that: Terah was 70 years old when Abram was born. (See Genesis 11:26.) And Abram was 75 years o... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 12 ABRAM’S JOURNEY TO *CANAAN V1 The *Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country. Leave your home. Leave your father’s house. Go to the country that I will show to you. V2 And I will make you become a great nation. I will bring many good things to y... [ Continue Reading ]
The distance from Haran to Shechem, which is in *Canaan, is about 600 kilometres (400 miles).... [ Continue Reading ]
The country was called *Canaan because the *Canaanites lived there. The *Canaanites were the *descendants of Canaan, who was a grandson of Noah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Many years later, Jacob gave the name ‘Bethel’ to this place. (See Genesis 28:19.) It probably did not have that name in Abram’s time. But the people who wrote Genesis used the name. It tells us where Abram went.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Negeb is the southern part of the country that is called *Canaan. It is the part of *Canaan that is nearest to Egypt. ABRAM VISITS EGYPT V10 There was not enough food in the country and so Abram went to Egypt. He stayed there, because the *famine was very bad in *Canaan. V11 Before Abram ente... [ Continue Reading ]
Egypt is a country in northern Africa. The river Nile provides water to Egypt. Therefore, crops grow in Egypt even if there is no rain. So there was no *famine (lack of food) in Egypt. There was a *famine in *Canaan because there had been no rain.... [ Continue Reading ]
Abram went to Egypt, which was a foreign country. He did not know its customs. He was not confident that God would protect him and Sarai. He thought that someone might kill him in order to take Sarai as a wife. So he decided to say that Sarai was his sister. And, if anyone took Sarai as a wife, he w... [ Continue Reading ]
*Pharaoh was the king of Egypt. ‘*Pharaoh’ was not the name of this king, but all kings of Egypt were called *Pharaoh. V17 But the *Lord made *Pharaoh and his family very ill. He did this because of Sarai, who was Abram’s wife. V18 So *Pharaoh called Abram. He said, ‘You have done an evil thing to... [ Continue Reading ]
Sarai could not escape from *Pharaoh’s court, but God saved her. Abram should have told the truth about Sarai when he arrived in Egypt. If he had done that, this trouble would not have happened.... [ Continue Reading ]
*Pharaoh realised that Abram’s God had punished him and his family. (See verse 17.) *Pharaoh wanted to prevent further trouble. So he told his men to make Abram leave Egypt. But Abram had gained many possessions that *Pharaoh had given to him. (See verse 16.) When Abram left Egypt, he took those pos... [ Continue Reading ]