Now the LORD had said unto Abram, (a) Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto (b) a land that I will shew thee:
(a) From the flood to this time were four hundred and twenty-three years.
(b) In appointing him no certain place, he proves so much more his faith and obedience.
CHAPTER XII _God calls Abram to leave Haran and go into Canaan_, 1; _promises to bless him, and through him all the families of_ _the earth_, 2, 3. _Abram, Sarai, Lot, and all their household, dep...
- 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...
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...
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...
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...
THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. -- Genesis 12:1-9. GOLDEN TEXT. --_. will bless thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be. blessing._ -- Genesis 12:2. TIME. --About B. C. 1921. PLACE. --In Haran, east of...
LORD. Jehovah, "The God of Glory" of Acts 7:2, Figure of speech _Enallage. The Glorious God,_ in contrast with idols (Joshua 24:2). GET THEE OUT. Go for thyself, i.e. whatever others may do. Death ha...
_Now the lord said_ Lit. "and Jehovah said." The narrative opens with characteristic simplicity, and with the abruptness possibly indicating its selection from a group of similar traditions. _the lord...
NOW THE LORD HAD SAID UNTO ABRAM, &C.— It is observable how Moses hastens over other events, to introduce the principal subject of his history; he comprises the history of the world, from the creation...
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...
_NOW THE LORD HAD SAID UNTO ABRAM, GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY, AND FROM THY KINDRED, AND FROM THY FATHER'S HOUSE, UNTO A LAND THAT I WILL SHEW THEE:_ Now the Lord had said unto Abram. The Septuagint...
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...
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...
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...
XII. (1) NOW THE LORD HAD SAID UNTO ABRAM. — Heb., _And Jehovah said unto Abram._ There is no new beginning; but having briefly sketched the family from which Abram sprang, and indicated that he had i...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ ־לְךָ֛
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...
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...
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...
GOD CALLED ABRAM A SECOND TIME In Genesis 12:1-20, after Terah's death, God called Abram a second time. In conjunction with this call, He made some promises. Because the call included both a command a...
Said: not after his father's death, but before he left Ur; (Menochius) unless, perhaps, Abram received a second admonition at Haran, which, from his dwelling there with his father, &c., is styled his...
CONTENTS The History of Abram, just glanced at in the close of the preceding Chapter, the Ho1y Ghost enters upon in this Chapter more particularly. The account of God's first call of Abram; his graci...
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...
_THE PILGRIM FATHER_ Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee.’ Genesis 12:1 Abraham was t...
1._Now the Lord had said unto Abram_. That an absurd division of these chapters may not trouble the readers, let them connect this sentence with the last two verses of the previous chapter. Moses had...
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...
NOW THE LORD HAD SAID UNTO ABRAM,.... In Ur of the Chaldees, before he came and dwelt in Charran, as seems from Acts 7:2 and so Aben Ezra interprets it; but Jarchi and others think, that what follows...
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Ver. 1. _Now the Lord had said to Abram._] But was...
We have here the call whereby Abram was removed from, the land of his nativity into the land of promise. This call was designed both to try his faith and obedience, and also to set him and his family...
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...
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto a land that I will show thee. Here the real story of Abram, or Abraham, begins, to w...
God Calls Abraham...
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...
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...
1-3 God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship might be maintained till the coming of Chris...
GENESIS CHAPTER 12 God calls Abram from his own country and kindred to Canaan, GENESIS 12:1. Promises to make of him a great and flourishing nation, and to bless in Christ his seed, GENESIS 12:2,3. Ab...
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...
Genesis 12:1 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Abram H87 out H3212 (H8798) country H776 family H4138 fathers...
‘And Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country and your kinsfolk, and your father's house, for the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your...
NOW THE LORD The Fourth Dispensation: Promise. For Abraham, and his descendants it is evident that the Abrahamic Covenant ( See Scofield) - (Genesis 15:18) made a great change. They became distinctiv...
Genesis 12:1 , ETC. I. In the call of Abram we see an outline of the great providential system under which we live. II. Great lives are trained by great promises. The promise to Abram (1) throws lig...
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...
Genesis 12:1 I. At some time in our lives a call from God sends its trumpet tone through each of our souls, as it did when Abraham heard it, and he went forth with the future stretching broad and far...
Genesis 12:1 _(with Genesis 9:1)_ No one has ever doubted that the words in Genesis 9:1 are a Divine blessing upon the human race. I. There is something especially appropriate in this language to th...
We will read two or three passages in the Book of Genesis concerning God blessing his servant Abraham. Turn first to the twelfth chapter. Genesis 12:1. _Now the lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out...
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,...
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
_Now the Lord had said unto Abram, get thee out of thy country_ ABRAHAM’S ACTION His obeying the call and command of God, wherein four circumstances are very remarkable. 1. The time when it was whe...
THE VOICE OF GOD The Lord said unto Abram. Genesis 12:1. I wonder what impression the mention of Abraham makes on your minds. Long ago, boys and girls used to think of him as a man dressed with dres...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:1 Through Abram, ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH will be blessed. This marks an important turning point in Genesis 1:1, as it reverses the predom
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...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 12:1 Designed to trace the outward development of God's kingdom on the earth, the narrative now concentrates its attention on one of the foregoing Terachites, whose remarkable care...
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...
had. Genesis 11:31 Genesis 11:32 Genesis 15:7 Nehemiah 9:7 Isaiah 41:9...
ABRAM'S DEPARTURE Genesis 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God spoke, of old, in the Person of Christ. In today's study the Lord spoke to Abram. During Abram's life, he had several interviews from Heaven...
We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity into the land of promise, which was designed both to try his faith and obedience, and also to set him apart for God. Th...