Genesis 12:6-9

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:6

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.The Canaanite was then in the land — He found the country possessed by Canaanites, who were likely to be but bad neighbours; and for ought appears he could not have ground to pitch his tent on but by their permission. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:7

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.And the Lord appeared to Abram — Probably in a vision, and spoke to him comfortable words; Unto thy seed will I give this land - No place or condition can shut us out from God's gracious visits. Abram is a sojourner, unsettled, among Canaanites, and yet here also he meets with him that lives, and sees him. Enemies may part us and our tents, us and... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:8

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.And there he built an altar unto the Lord who appeared to him, and called on the name of the Lord — Now consider this, (1.) As done upon a special occasion when God appeared to him, then and there he built an altar, with an eye to the God that appeared to him: thus he... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:6

6. Passed through the land Descending, probably, by way of Damascus as we find afterwards that the steward of his house is a native of that city thence southward and along the valley of the Jabbok by the route afterwards followed by Jacob, and across the Jordan unto the place of Sichem, or Shechem, the region in which afterwards, and in the writer’s time, the town of Shechem was situated. (Neapolis and Nablus in subsequent time.) Yet the name, meaning shoulder, was probably given the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:7

7. The Lord appeared unto Abram This is the first time that Jehovah is said to have appeared to man; and here, at Shechem, Christ revealed himself as the Messiah to a woman of Samaria . How Jehovah appeared at this time to Abram no man is now competent to say, and speculation and theories seem idle . Here was the first altar built to Jehovah as the covenant God; but we may be sure that “Melchizedek, king of Salem, and priest of the Most High God,” was also at this time offering... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:8

8. Removed from thence Abram moved southward from Shechem and pitched his tent on the little round mount now seen strewn with stones, as if for the building of an altar, south-east of Bethel now called Beitin by the Arabs a little spot covered with foundation stones and half-standing walls, while east of this mount, and at about the same distance, may be seen a hill covered with the gray ruins of Ai, the modern Et-Tel. See Joshua 7:2, note . The name Beth-el (house of God) is said to... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:9

9. Abram journeyed Literally, and Abram pulled up, (his tent-pins,) going and pulling up, (encamping and striking his tents . ) Toward the south Hebrew, towards the Negeb, that is, the country south of Palestine; probably encamping in the vale of Hebron, where we afterwards find him . Thus he dwelt in tabernacles (tents) with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the promise, a stranger in the land which yet he called his own . Hebrews 11:9. read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:6

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:7

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:9

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