Genesis 12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:17-19

"And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 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? Why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way."There are many questions that rise with reference to this, but the Sacred Scriptures supply none of the answers. Josephus has this:"God's plague upon... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:20

"And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all they had."This is viewed as a military escort for the protection and safe passage of Abram's company, Pharaoh evidently fearing God's vengeance against him for any harm that might come to Abram.One of the great curiosities of the O.T. is the appearance of two other very similar stories, although different, from the one related here. One of the others likewise involved Abraham in Gerar (Genesis... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12

CHAP. XII. God commandeth Abram to depart from his country; promising him that a great nation shall spring from him, and that all the families of the earth shall be blessed in him. He is driven, by a famine, into AEgypt; where Sarai is taken from him, but quickly restored. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:1

Genesis 12:1. 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 to the deluge, in six chapters, though that was a period of one thousand six hundred and fifty years; while he bestows on the history of Abram fourteen chapters, though it contains no longer space of time than one hundred and seventy five years. The reason is evident: he was not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:2-3

Genesis 12:2-3. I will make of thee a great nation, &c.— In these two verses the twofold covenant, or promise, is comprised. See note on ch. Genesis 9:9. 1st, The temporal one, in which God promises to make of Abram a great nation, "to multiply his posterity, and to render them famous; and by that means to make his name great, and himself both blessed and a blessing to others:" particulars, which have been eminently fulfilled, as in others of Abram's descendants, so peculiarly in the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:4

Genesis 12:4. So Abram departed— The Lord HAD commanded Abram, Gen 12:1 to leave his country; in consequence of which, with Terah his father, he came forward 120 miles from Ur to Haran (ch. Genesis 11:31.) on his journey: but being delayed there by Terah's death and other particulars, he now prosecutes his purpose; and, attended by his nephew Lot, and all the children and servants in dependance upon him, he undertook the long journey of more than three hundred miles, through the dangerous and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:6

Genesis 12:6. Unto the place of Sichem— That is, to the place where Sichem, or Sychem, afterwards was: a frequent mode of expression in the writings of Moses. From this place Abram passed unto the plain of Moreh; which Mr. Mede, says Mr. Locke, following the LXX, will have to be the oak of Moreh, understanding by oak, a grove of oaks. But why the LXX only should be mentioned, I know not, when the Hebrew is also the same, אלון alon, an oak, and so rendered by most versions. See Genesis... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:7

Genesis 12:7. And the Lord appeared, &c.— Now that he was arrived in the promised land, the Lord graciously vouchsafed to appear to him again, and renew his covenant. "Abram," says Bishop Warburton, "at his first leaving his father's house, entirely resigned himself to the disposal of heaven, not knowing, for certain, whither he was to go." When he was come into the land of Canaan, his faith was rewarded by God with a farther revelation of his will; and he was now told, that this was the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:8

Genesis 12:8. Removed from thence unto a mountain, &c.— Either for better security from the inhabitants, or with a design of seeing more of the country. Here Abram built an altar (as it was usual on mountains); for, being fit places for contemplation, and, perhaps, by their height seeming to point the mind towards heaven above low earthly views, they were therefore chosen by pious men in ancient times, as altars of devotion raised by the Author of nature; and were approved of by God, till,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:9

Genesis 12:9. And Abram journeyed, &c.— Without any fixed abode, this favoured patriarch removed his tents from place to place, Heb 11:9 as he found it most convenient, in primitive and happy simplicity; still directing his course towards the south: and provisions failing in the land of Canaan, he went down to AEgypt, which lay low in comparison of Canaan, to sojourn there a while, to make a temporary stay there, till the famine should be abated. REFLECTIONS.—Abram is come into the land,... read more

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