Genesis 12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:18

What? Why? Figure of speech Erotesis. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:20

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12

Here begins the history of the O.T. Israel, the Chosen People, through whom God would bring in the Messiah to make an atonement for sin and to establish the spiritual kingdom of heaven, the heavenly device by which God would enable fallen mankind to renew fellowship with their Creator and escape the judgment of death, the sentence already imposed upon Adam's rebellious race following the disaster in Eden. All of this began with the call of Abraham related in this chapter (Genesis 12:1-9).... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-3

"Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee I will curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.""Jehovah said unto Abram ..." We are not informed as to the manner of God's communicating with Abram; but... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:4-5

"So Abram went as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.""And Lot went with him ..." Was this another error on the part of Abram? It surely could have been, because it was... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:6-9

"And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east; and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And Abram... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:10

"And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land."There is no record here that God commanded Abram to go down into Egypt, and it must be concluded that he decided to do this on his own, the same being true also of Genesis 12:9, where it is stated that he kept traveling southward. One can hardly blame Abram. The promised land was already occupied by a ruthless pagan society of the Canaanites, and as Abram moved southward... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:11-13

"And it came to pass, that when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold, now I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee."This was no imaginary danger that Abram confronted; but the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:14-15

"And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house."What a disaster this was! The mother of "the Chosen People" was at this point committed to the harem of Pharaoh and, without divine intervention, ALL of the promises to Abraham would have been lost. It was a situation that required and received a heavenly veto, something... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:16

"And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels."Pharaoh loaded Abram with great wealth, intended no doubt as a kind of dowry, for the beautiful Sarai. This is an angle of the narrative that seems to be somewhat ignored. In view of the way that this episode turned out for Abraham, one can well understand why, later on, he did it again! Critics have been quick to allege that camels were not known... read more

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