Genesis 12:10 ASV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:10

Genesis 12:10. And there was a famine in the land Not only to punish the iniquity of the Canaanites, but to exercise the faith of Abram. Now he was tried whether he could trust the God that brought him to Canaan, to maintain him there, and rejoice in him as the God of his salvation, when the fig-tree did not blossom. And Abram went down into Egypt See how wisely God provides, that there should be plenty in one place, when there is scarcity in another; that, as members of the great body,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10-20

Journey to Egypt and return (12:10-13:18)A long drought in Canaan must have caused Abram to wonder just how reliable this promised land was. In the end he journeyed to Egypt in search of better pastures (10).Fearing that the Egyptians would kill him in order to take his beautiful wife, he preserved himself by saying she was his sister. This was half true, because Sarai was a daughter of Terah by another wife (see 20:12); but Abram and Sarai did wrong in telling only half the truth in order to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:10

famine. Satan's attempt (thus early) to destroy Abraham's seed, through Sarah. See App-23 . Thirteen ( App-10 ) famines recorded, Genesis 12:10 ; Genesis 26:1 ; Genesis 41:54 .Ruth 1:1 . 2Sa 21:1 . 1 Kings 18:2 . 2 Kings 4:38 ; 2 Kings 7:4 ; 2 Kings 25:3 .Nehemiah 5:3 .Jeremiah 14:1 .Luke 15:14 .Acts 11:28 . down. Always "down" to Egypt! Compare Isaiah 30:2 ; Isaiah 31:1 . 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:10

Genesis 12:10. And there was a famine, &c.— It was a discouraging providence, to be in the land of promise, and so soon to be driven out of it by famine. It required strong faith to weather these trials. Severe temptations are usually the portion of the believer; and they are permitted, that the trial of his faith may be found much more precious than gold, 1 Peter 1:7. And now where should he go? Back again, would Nature say. No, says Grace; forward. AEgypt was near him, and thither he... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 12:10

10. there was a famine . . . and Abram went down into Egypt—He did not go back to the place of his nativity, as regretting his pilgrimage and despising the promised land (Hebrews 11:15), but withdrew for a while into a neighboring country. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 12:10-20

2. Abram in Egypt 12:10-20The second crisis Abram faced arose because of a famine in Canaan. Abram chose to sojourn in the Nile Valley until it ended. In this incident Abram misrepresented Sarai because he feared for his life. By doing so, he jeopardized his blessing since he lost his wife temporarily to Pharaoh. However, Yahweh intervened to deliver Abram and Sarai from Egypt."The account of Abraham’s ’sojourn’ in Egypt bears the stamp of having been intentionally shaped to parallel the later... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-20

The Call of Abraham. The Removal to Canaan. The Visit to Egypt1. Had said] RV ’said,’ when he was in Haran. In what manner the call came to Abraham, whether through some outward incident which he recognised as the prompting of Providence, or through the suggestions of the Divine Spirit in his inmost soul, we do not know. Anyhow he regarded it as divine and authoritative, and it was too definite tobe misunderstood. Get thee out of.. and from.. and from] The repetition emphasises the complete... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-34

The History of AbrahamAt this point the specific purpose of the writer of the Pentateuch begins to appear more clearly. Speaking generally, that purpose is to trace the development of the kingdom of God in the line of Israelitish history. To this subject the preceding chapters of Genesis have formed an introduction, dealing with universal history, and indicating the place of Israel among the other nations of the world. The narrative now passes from universal history to the beginnings of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 12:10

ABRAM’S VISIT TO EGYPT.(10) There was a famine in the land.—This famine must have happened within a few years after Abram reached Canaan; for he was seventy-five years of age on leaving Haran, and as Ishmael, his son by an Egyptian slave-woman, was thirteen years old when Abram was ninety-nine, only about eight years are left for the events recorded in Genesis 12-16. As rain falls in Palestine only at two periods of the year, the failure of either of these seasons would be immediately felt,... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 12:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 12:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 12:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 12:10-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-34

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 12:10

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