The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 12:10
The descent into Egypt. I. THE STORY OF A GOOD MAN 'S FALL . 1. Experiencing disappointment . Arrived in Canaan, the patriarch must have felt his heart sink as he surveyed its famine-stricken fields and heathen population; in respect of which it was so utterly unlike the fair realm of his imaginings. So God educates his children, destroying their hopes, blighting their, expectations, breaking their ideals, "having provided some better thing for them, some loftier and... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 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 used of individuals, men or animal ( Psalms 34:11 ; Psalms 50:12 ); or of regions ( Psalms 41:1-13 :55). In the land . Of Canaan, which, though naturally fertile, was, on account of its imperfect cultivation, subject to visitations of dearth (cf. Genesis 26:1 ; Genesis 41:56 ), especially in dry... read more