Genesis 12:10

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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10

Genesis 12:10 Went down from one civilisation to another, went down from one society to another, went down from one religion to another. Man is a traveller not in one sense, but in all senses; and he is always travelling. We have to go out into the world; the question is, How are we going? I. A widened world always tries a man's first faith and first ways of doing things; he gets the true perspective as he moves through widening space. Abraham went down from Ur of the Chaldees with a very... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 12:10

famine A famine was often a disciplinary testing of God's people in the land. (Cf) Genesis 26:1; Genesis 42:5; Ruth 1:1; 2 Samuel 24:13; Psalms 105:16. The resort to Egypt (the world) is typical of the tendency to substitute for lost spiritual power the fleshly resources of the world, instead of seeking, through confession and amendment, the restoration of God's presence and favour. 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 12:10

Gen 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land. Ver. 10. Abram went down into Egypt. ] Which the Hebrews much condemn him for, saying that it was out of distrust, and that for this fault of his the Israelites suffered so long and hard bondage in Egypt. But that is but a rash judgment, and as weak an argument; for God, though he must be trusted, yet he may not be tempted. But tempted he is, first , when... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:10

am 2084, bc 1920 was a: Genesis 26:1, Genesis 42:5, Genesis 43:1, Genesis 47:13, Ruth 1:1, 2 Samuel 21:1, 1 Kings 17:1 - 1 Kings 18:46, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 6:25, 2 Kings 7:1 - 2 Kings 8:1, Psalms 34:19, Psalms 107:34, Jeremiah 14:1, John 16:33, Acts 7:11, Acts 14:22 went: Genesis 26:2, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 43:1, Genesis 46:3, Genesis 46:4, 2 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 8:2, Psalms 105:13 Reciprocal: Genesis 47:4 - For to Judges 11:2 - thrust out 1 Chronicles 16:20 - they went Acts 2:10 - Egypt... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:10

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.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... read more

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