Genesis 12

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:6-20

ABRAM IN EGYPTGenesis 12:6-20ABRAM still journeying southward, and not as yet knowing where his shifting camp was finally to be pitched, came at last to what may be called the heart of Palestine, the rich district of Shechem. Here stood the oak of Moreh, a well; known landmark and favourite meeting-place. In after years every meadow in this plain was owned and occupied, every vineyard on the slopes of Ebal fenced off, every square yard specified in some title-deed. But as yet the country seems... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 12:1-20

CHAPTER 12 The First Events in Abram’s Life 1. The call and the promise (Genesis 12:1-3 ) 2. Abram’s obedience (Genesis 12:4-6 ) 3. The second communication of Jehovah (Genesis 12:7-9 ) 4. Abram in Egypt and first denial of Sarai (Genesis 12:10-20 ) We come now to a new beginning, the Abrahamic covenant. It marks the beginning of that wonderful race, the seed of Abraham, the people of Israel. Abraham’s name is mentioned 74 times in the New Testament. How closely his history is... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:1

12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, {a} Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto {b} a land that I will shew thee:(a) From the flood to this time were four hundred and twenty-three years.(b) In appointing him no certain place, he proves so much more his faith and obedience. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:2

12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be {c} a blessing:(c) The world shall recover by your seed, which is Christ, the blessing which they lost in Adam. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:5

12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the {d} 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.(d) Meaning servants as well as cattle. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:6

12:6 And Abram {e} passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the {f} Canaanite [was] then in the land.(e) He wandered to and fro in the land before he could find a settling place: thus God exercises the faith of his children.(f) Which was a cruel and rebellious nation, by whom God kept his in continual exercise. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:7

12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he {g} an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.(g) It was not enough for him to worship God in his heart, but it was expedient to declare by outward profession his faith before men, of which this altar was a sign. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:8

12:8 And he removed from {h} 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 {i} altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.(h) Because of the troubles that he had among that wicked people.(i) And so served the true God, and renounced all idolatry. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:9

12:9 {k} And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.(k) Thus the children of God may look for no rest in this world, but must wait for the heavenly rest and quietness. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 12:10

12:10 And there was a {l} famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.(l) This was a new trial of Abram’s faith: by which we see that the end of one affliction is the beginning of another. read more

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