Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:20
12:20 And Pharaoh {p} commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.(p) To the intent that none should hurt him either in his person or goods. read more
Genesis 12:10-20
John Calvin
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-20
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 Chaldees (Acts 7:2-4). God declared that He would make of Abram a great nation, that he would be a blessing (v.2). More than this, God would bless those who blessed Abram and curse those who cursed him. Further still, in Abram all the families of the earth would be blessed (v.3). This is above all a... read more
James Gray
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10-20
THE PROMISE RENEWED TO ABRAM ABRAM IN EGYPT (Genesis 12:10-20 ) It is felt that Abram acted unadvisedly in taking this journey to Egypt, for which three reasons are assigned: 1. God could have provided for him in Canaan, notwithstanding the famine; there was no command for him to leave Canaan, to which place God had definitely called him; and 2. he fell into difficulty by going, and was obliged to employ subterfuge to escape it. Still these arguments are not convincing, and in the... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 12:1-20
The Same-varied Gen 12:1 God's claim upon the individual life is here asserted. God detaches men from early associations, from objects of special care and love, and makes them strangers in the earth. The family idea is sacred, but the Divine will is, so to speak, more sacred still; when the God of the families of the earth calls men from their kindred and their father's house, all tributary laws must be swallowed up by the great stream of the Divine Fatherhood. These calls, so shattering in... read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. Was not this particularly intended for the exercise of Abram's faith? Had he consulted flesh and blood would he not have said, "Is this the land of promise? Is this the end of my pursuits? And have I for this left my Father's house, and my own land, to perish here by famine?" But what saith the Apostle? Romans 4:18-21 . And particularly Romans 4:23-24 ? Reader! what... read more
Robert Hawker
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 5:6-9 . 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. read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 12:19
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. Observe how God provides for his people's safety. Psalms 105:13-15 . read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 12:20
REFLECTIONS METHINKS I would not read this call of God to Abram, and observe the Patriarch's ready faith to obey it, without begging grace from God, to attend to the many precious invitations with which I am called upon to follow Jesus in the regeneration; and, like Abram, to arise, leave house and home, and kindred, and relations; and by faith become the follower of them who now through faith and patience inherit the promises. And oh! that He, who endued the patriarch with such holy fortitude,... read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10
Down into Egypt, which lies lower than Judea: here the famine did not rage. God would not allow him to go back to his friends. (Menochius) read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:17
12:17 And the LORD {o} plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.(o) The Lord took the defence of this poor stranger against a mighty king: and as he is ever careful over his, so did he preserve Sarai. read more