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- The Call of Abram
6. שׁכם _shekem_ Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it
is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where afterward is
built the town called at first Shekem, then Flav...
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CHAPTER 12 THE FIRST EVENTS IN ABRAM'S LIFE
_ 1. The call and the promise (Genesis 12:1)_
2. Abram's obedience (Genesis 12:4)
3. The second communication of Jehovah (Genesis 12:7)
4. Abram in Egyp...
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THE CALL OF ABRAHAM, HIS MIGRATION TO CANAAN, AND YAHWEH'S PROMISE TO
HIM. From J, except Genesis 12:4_ b_, Genesis 12:5, which is clearly
from P. Abraham is called to leave country, kindred, and home...
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GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section
the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong
reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
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AND ABRAM JOURNEYED, GOING STILL TOWARD THE SOUTH.
He journeyed by repeated encampments, as the necessities of pasturage
required, partly, we fancy, to survey the land which he saw by faith
occupied...
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SOUTH. Hebrew the _Negeb_ or hill country S. of Judah (Compare Genesis
13:1; Genesis 13:3). The Egyptian texts mention the Negeb. Towns taken
by Shishak are mentioned as being there, e.g. Jerahmeel, G...
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_toward the South_ Heb. _Negeb_, the southern tract of Judah.
_Negeb_means "the dry land," "the land of thin soil." It was applied
especially to the country in the southernmost region of Canaan,
descr...
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AND ABRAM JOURNEYED, &C.— Without any fixed abode, this favoured
patriarch removed his tents from place to place, Hebrews 11:9 as he
found it most convenient, in primitive and happy simplicity; still...
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PART TWENTY-SIX
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: THE PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH
(Genesis, ch. 12; cf. Hebrews 11:8-19)
1. The Biblical Account
1 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from
thy k...
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_AND ABRAM JOURNEYED, GOING ON STILL TOWARD THE SOUTH._
Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south - х_ NEGEB_
(H5045), the south, was the name given to that large undulating tract
of country w...
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12:9 south. (b-10) _ Negeb_ , 'south country.' name for the region of
Canaan (Judah) bordering on the desert....
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THE SOUTH] or, 'the Negeb,' the district between Palestine and the
wilderness N. of Sinai. It forms a transition from the cultivated land
to the desert; and, though not fertile, yields much pasture fo...
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THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. THE REMOVAL TO CANAAN. THE VISIT TO EGYPT
1. Had said] RV 'said,' when he was in Haran. In what manner the call
came to Abraham, whether through some outward incident which he
rec...
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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...
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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...
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TOWARD THE SOUTH. — The Negeb, or dry land, so called because the
soil being a soft white chalk, the rains sink through it, and even in
the valleys run below the surface of the ground. Though treeless...
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וַ יִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָלֹ֥וךְ וְ
נָסֹ֖ועַ הַ
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THE CALL OF ABRAHAM
Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1
WITH Abraham there opens a new chapter in the history of the race; a
chapter of the profoundest significance. The consequences of Abraham's
movements...
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ABRAM IN EGYPT
Genesis 12:6
ABRAM still journeying southward, and not as yet knowing where his
shifting camp was finally to be pitched, came at last to what may be
called the heart of Palestine, the...
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GOD'S CALL AND PROMISE TO ABRAM
Genesis 12:1
God's commands are always associated with promises. Count the _shalls_
and _wills_ here. He does not give His reasons, but He is lavish of
His promises. T...
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At this point begins the actual historic movement toward the coming of
the Redeemer. One man was called to the realization of the true
principle of life. The call was personal and purposeful. Abram wa...
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ABRAM WORSHIPPED GOD
Abram acted in accord with the Lord's will (12:4). Remember, he moved
at the age of 75, which is hardly a time most would be making drastic
changes in lifestyle. Truly, it is neve...
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(k) And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
(k) Thus the children of God may look for no rest in this world, but
must wait for the heavenly rest and quietness....
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_Proceeding to the south, Hebrew: means also the desert, as the
Septuagint generally translate negeb : other interpreters agree with
the Vulgate. (Calmet)_...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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9._And Abram journeyed_. This was the third removal of the holy man
within a short period, after he seemed to have found some kind of
abode. It is certain that he did not voluntarily, and for his own...
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From chapter 12 then there is developed altogether a new order of
events, which refer to the call of God, to His covenants, to His
promises, to the manifestation of His people as a distinct people on...
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AND ABRAM JOURNEYED,.... He did not stay long in the mountain between
Bethel and Hai, but moved from thence, and kept on journeying in the
land of Canaan:
GOING ON STILL TOWARD THE SOUTH; the souther...
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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Ver. 9. _Going on still towards the south._] As toward the sun,
whereby may be figured, saith an expositor, his progress in faith and
grace, as P...
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1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ.
4 He departeth with Lot from Haran.
6 He iourneyeth through Canaan,
7 which is promised him in a vision.
10 Hee is driuen by a famin...
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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Once more he
struck his tent and removed with all his possessions to the
southernmost district of Canaan, where it borders upon the Arabian
desert...
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ABRAHAM'S JOURNEY TO CANAAN...
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SECOND PERIOD
The Genesis of the patriarchal faith in the promise and of the
covenant religion; of the antagonistic relation, between the faith in
the promise and heathenism; of the harmonious opposit...
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THE CALL OF ABRAM
The Lord had before told Abram to leave his country, his kindred and
his father's house, and go to a land He would show him. This call took
place while he was still in Ur of the Chal...
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6-9 Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad
neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of
good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states....
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Removing from place to place, still hoping to meet with better
neighbours, and to free himself from that perpetual vexation which he
had in beholding their wickedness. TOWARD THE SOUTH, i.e. the south...
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The book of Genesis is, for the most part, taken up with the history
of seven men, namely, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and
Joseph. There is, I doubt not, a specific line of truth brought...
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Genesis 12:9 Abram H87 journeyed H5265 (H8799) on H1980 (H8800) still
H5265 (H8800) South H5045
going on still -
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‘And Abram journeyed going on still towards the Negev.'
The Negev was the Southern highland, sloping southward between Hebron
and Beer-sheba, the southernmost part of Canaan, and very suitable for
gra...
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Genesis 12, etc.
I. Notice first the call of Abraham. (1) The call was addressed to him
suddenly; (2) it required him to forsake his country and his kindred,
while giving him no hope of return; (3) i...
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CONTENTS: Call of Abram. His worship and testing. The error in Egypt.
CHARACTERS: Abram, Sarai, Lot, Pharaoh.
CONCLUSION: The path into which God calls the believer may often be
trying to the flesh,...
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Genesis 12:1. _Had said._ The God of glory appeared to Abraham, and
enjoined him to leave his idolatrous country. Joshua 24:2; Acts 7:3.
Genesis 12:2. I will
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_He removed from thence_
LESSONS
1_._
Faith moves a man from place to place in the world, upon God’s word
or intimation.
2. The bad entertainment of believers in the world maketh them remove
their...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:9 THE NEGEB is the southern region of
Canaan.
⇐ ⇔...
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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 his...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 12:6
AND ABRAM PASSED THROUGH—literally, _passed over, _or traveled about
as a pilgrim (cf. Hebrews 11:9) in—THE LAND UNTO (or as far as) THE
PLACE OF SICHEM. A prolepsis for the p...
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Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy family (Genesis 12:1),
So Abraham really wasn't totally obedient at this point. And this to
me is interesting, because Abrah...
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going on still. Heb. in going and journeying. Genesis 13:3 Genesis
24:62 Psalms 105:13 Hebrews 11:13...
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FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN ABRAHAM
Genesis 12:1, _Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:14_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Does God still speak to men as He spoke to Abraham? Our Scripture
opens with the statement, "Now the
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ABRAM, THE TENT DWELLER
Genesis 12:5
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The outstanding characteristic in Abram was his pilgrim nature.
Perhaps it would be better to say, "nature by grace," inasmuch as
Abram becam...