Genesis 12:20

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-20

Genesis 12:1 to Genesis 25:18 . The Story of Abraham.— In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources, one connecting Abraham with Hebron, the other with Beersheba and the Negeb. The former associates Abraham with Lot. (For details, see ICC.) On the interpretation to be placed on the figures of Abraham and the patriarchs, see the Introduction. The interest, which has hitherto been diffused... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:10-20

Genesis 12:10-Proverbs : . Abraham, Sarah, and Pharaoh.— This section creates difficulties by its similarity to Genesis 12:20; Genesis 26:6-1 Kings :. The three are usually regarded as variants of the same story. In each case the patriarch makes his wife out to be his sister. That twice over a similar incident should have occurred with Sarah is improbable; the improbability would be heightened if we denied the documentary analysis, since in the former case she would be approaching seventy and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:20

Pharaoh gave them a charge concerning him for his safe conduct whither he pleased. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 12:10-20

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 12:10. A famine in the land] The frequent famines are a peculiar characteristic of early times, and of uncivilised lands. Egypt as a rich and fruitful land was even then a refuge from famine, as it was in the history of Jacob (Lange). Egypt being annually watered by the overflow of the Nile, and not depending on rains for the crops, was the great grain-growing region, and corn could be found there when famine prevailed in the adjoining country (Jacobus).—Genesis 12:11.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:1-20

Genesis 12:0 , etc. I. Notice first the call of Abraham. (1) The call was addressed to him suddenly; (2) it required him to forsake his country and his kindred, while giving him no hope of return; (3) it sent him on a long and difficult journey, to a country lying more than three hundred miles away. Yet Abraham obeyed in willing submission to the command of God. II. Notice Abraham's conquest over the kings. This is the first battle recorded in the word of God. It was after his rescue of Lot... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:1-20

Chapter 12Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy family ( Genesis 12:1 ),So Abraham really wasn't totally obedient at this point. And this to me is interesting, because Abraham is always held as the model of faith in the New Testament, the model of a man who believed and trusted God. He's the prime example of the man who believes. And so many times when we read about faith and the exploits of faith, we think, "But I'm so weak and I've blown it so many times,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 12:1-20

Genesis 12:1. Had said. The God of glory appeared to Abraham, and enjoined him to leave his idolatrous country. Joshua 24:2. Acts 7:3. Genesis 12:2. I will make of thee a great nation, yea many nations. All these are princely benedictions, conferring sovereignty, and adding a curse on the head of him who dare to rebel. Genesis 27:29. Genesis 12:6. The Canaanite was then in the land. Abraham did not wander like other patriarchs to a vacant country, but to a land already occupied by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 12:10-20

Genesis 12:10-20Abram went down into EgyptAbram in Egypt: the temptations and trials of a life of faithThe life of faith has many temptations and trials.I. THEY MAY ARISE FROM TEMPORAL CALAMITIES. Famine. 1. They direct the whole care and attention of the mind to themselves. 2. They may suggest doubt in the Divine providence. 3. They serve to give us an exaggerated estimate of past trials. II. THEY MAY ARISE FROM THE DIFFICULTY OF APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION TO THE MORAL PROBLEMS OF... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:20

Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. Ver. 20. And Pharaoh commanded. ] Thus God comes, as it were, out of an engine, a and helps his people at a pinch. Abram had brought himself into the briars, and could find no way out. Many a heavy heart he had, no doubt, for his dear wife (who suffered by his default), and she again for him. God, upon their repentance, provides graciously for them both: she is kept... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:20

Exodus 18:27, 1 Samuel 29:6-1 Kings :, Psalms 105:14, Psalms 105:15, Proverbs 21:1 Reciprocal: Genesis 20:14 - restored Romans 4:2 - but read more

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