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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 12:9

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, Gerar, Kadesh, and Gaza.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:9 south. (b-10) _ Negeb_ , 'south country.' name for the region of Canaan (Judah) bordering on the desert....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּסַּ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם הָלֹ֥וךְ וְ נָסֹ֖ועַ הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Proceeding to the south, Hebrew: means also the desert, as the Septuagint generally translate negeb : other interpreters agree with the Vulgate. (Calmet)_...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ABRAHAM'S JOURNEY TO CANAAN...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GOING ON STILL TOWARD THE SOUTH: _ Heb._ in going and journeying...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 12:9 Abram H87 journeyed H5265 (H8799) on H1980 (H8800) still H5265 (H8800) South H5045 going on still -

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:9 THE NEGEB is the southern region of Canaan. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    going on still. Heb. in going and journeying. Genesis 13:3 Genesis 24:62 Psalms 105:13 Hebrews 11:13...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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