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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Genesis 12:18

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

I think it probable, that those plagues were diseases of a particular nature. 1 Samuel 5:6. And it should seem that they were so considered. God's rod has a voice, and speaks as well as corrects. Micah 6:9

Reader! it is a melancholy reflection, when the people of God give occasion for the carnal to reprove them.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - XXXVIII. Abram in Egypt 15. פרעה _par‛oh_, Par‘oh, “ouro.” Coptic for “king,” with the masculine article pi. or p. P-ouro, “the king.” If we separate the article p. from the Hebrew form, we have רעה...

  • 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

    ABRAHAM, SARAH, AND PHARAOH. This section creates difficulties by its similarity to Genesis 12:20; Genesis 26:6. The three are usually regarded as variants of the same story. In each case the patriarc...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHAT? WHY? Figure of speech _Erotesis._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Pharaoh called Abram_ How Pharaoh discovered the truth is not recorded in our condensed version. All other explanations of the epidemic failing, possibly the wise men and magicians connected it with...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Genesis 12:10 to Genesis 13:2. Abram in Egypt. (J.) The narrative in this section should be compared with the similar ones in 20, 26. It is repellent to our sense of honour, chivalry, and purity. It...

  • 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 PHARAOH CALLED ABRAM, AND SAID, WHAT IS THIS THAT THOU HAST DONE UNTO ME? WHY DIDST THOU NOT TELL ME THAT SHE WAS THY WIFE?_ What is this that thou hast done unto me? - (cf. Genesis 20:5.) The d...

  • 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

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקְרָ֤א פַרְעֹה֙ לְ אַבְרָ֔ם וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר

  • 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)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ABRAM AND SARAI IN EGYPT Genesis 12:10 It is a comfort that the Holy Spirit permits us to trace the successive stages through which the father of those who believe made his way to the maturity of fai...

  • 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

    GOD PROVIDED FOR ABRAM Even this great man of faith had times when his trust in God's providence failed. Such an instance is seen in his journey into Egypt in time of famine. He tried to provide for h...

  • 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

    18._And Pharaoh called Abram_. Pharaoh justly expostulates with Abram, who was chiefly in fault. No answer on the part of Abram is here recorded; and perhaps he assented to the just and true reprehens...

  • 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 PHARAOH CALLED ABRAM, AND SAID,.... Understanding how it was, that Sarai was his wife, which he came at the knowledge of, either by consulting his priests and diviners, as some say, on account of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife? Ver. 18. _What is this that thou hast done unto me?_] God had rep...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _What is this that thou hast done_ What an ill thing: how unbecoming a wise and good man! _Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?_ Intimating, that if he had known that he would not have _t...

  • 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

    ABRAHAM'S STRATAGEM EXPOSED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-20 There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    How great an injury hast thou done to me in concealing this from me, that she was thy wife! How knew Pharaoh this? ANSW. 1. He guessed it from the quality of his plague, which also awakened his consc...

  • 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 12:18 Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 (H8799) Abram H87 said H559 (H8799) done H6213 (H8804) tell...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say ‘she is my sister'. Now therefore here is your wife. Take he...

  • 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

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Abram went down into Egypt_ ABRAM IN EGYPT: THE TEMPTATIONS AND TRIALS OF A LIFE OF FAITH The life of faith has many temptations and trials. I. THEY MAY ARISE FROM TEMPORAL CALAMITIES. Famine. 1....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:10 A severe famine in Canaan forces Abram to seek refuge in Egypt. Because of the Nile River, Egypt was a more likely place than Canaan to find food during a drought. As is...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 ref...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 12:10 AND THERE WAS A FAMINE. רָעָב, from a root signifying to hunger, the primary. idea appearing to lie in that of an ample, _i.e._ empty, stomach (Gesenius, Furst). The term is...

  • 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

    Genesis 3:13 Genesis 4:10 Genesis 20:9 Genesis 20:10 Genesis 26:9...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    What is this that thou hast done? — What an ill thing; how unbecoming a wife and good man! Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? — Intimating, that if he had known that, he would not have...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why did God let Abraham prosper by lying? PROBLEM: We are told in the Bible not to lie (Exodus 20:16), but, when Abraham lied about Sarah, his wealth was increased. SOLUTION: First, Abraham’s increas...

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