Genesis 12:2

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:1-3

Genesis 12:1-3 (with Genesis 9:1-9 ) No one has ever doubted that the words in Genesis 9:1-7 are a Divine blessing upon the human race. I. There is something especially appropriate in this language to the inhabitants of a restored earth. Compare it with the simple records of the garden life of Adam, and you perceive that you are entering upon a more advanced stage in human history. Two steps in advance have been taken: (1) Every man is now his brother's keeper. Every man is shedding his own... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:1-4

Genesis 12:1-4 I. At some time in our lives a call from God sends its trumpet tone through each of our souls, as it did when Abraham heard it, and he went forth with the future stretching broad and far before him. II. God's call to Abraham was: (1) a call to closer communion with Himself; (2) a call which led him to break with his past; (3) a call into loneliness. III. The reason why so many of us, who are good and honourable men, never become men of great use and example and higher thought and... 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 12:2

Genesis 12:2 When God called Abraham, and, in Abraham, the Jewish nation, He cradled them in blessings. This is the way in which He always begins with a man. If ever, to man or nation, He speaks otherwise, it is because they have made Him do so. I. Many of us account religion rather as a possession to be held, or a privilege to be enjoyed, than as a life which we are to spread, a kingdom we are bound to extend. Consequently our religion has grown too passive. It would be healthier and happier... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 12:2

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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 12:1-3

Genesis 12:1-3Now the Lord had said unto Abram, get thee out of thy countryAbraham’s actionHis obeying the call and command of God, wherein four circumstances are very remarkable.1. The time when it was when God called. 2. The place from whence God called him. 3. The country whither he was called. 4. The reason or end why he was thus said unto by the great God. I. First of the first, to wit, THE TIME WHEN ABRAHAM WAS CALLED. It was while he lived in Ur of the Chaldees; for Abraham lived with... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:2

Gen 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 a blessing: Ver. 2. And I will make of thee a great nation. ] Why then should the scornful Jews call us nations or Gentiles in contempt? yea, heathen bastards, heathen dogs, as they do at this day? a Surely, either themselves are of this great Goi or nation here mentioned, or else they have not Abraham to their father; choose them which. I will bless thee. ] As a father his... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:2

Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 18:18, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 28:14, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 46:3, Exodus 1:7, Exodus 32:10, Numbers 14:12, Numbers 24:9, Numbers 24:10, Deuteronomy 26:5, 2 Samuel 7:9, 1 Kings 3:8, 1 Kings 3:9, Micah 7:20, Romans 4:11, Galatians 3:7 thou shalt: Genesis 14:14-Nehemiah :, Genesis 18:18, Genesis 19:29, Genesis 28:4, 1 Kings 1:47, Galatians 3:14 Reciprocal:... read more

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