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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 12:1

Gen 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Ver. 1. Now the Lord had said to Abram. ] But was not this to command him to do that which was against nature? No, but only against corrupt nature, which must be denied, and mortified, or there is no heaven to be had. Father and friends must be hated (that is, not loved, as "Esau have I hated"), where they hang in our light, or stand in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:1

had: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 11:32, Genesis 15:7, Nehemiah 9:7, Isaiah 41:9, Isaiah 51:2, Ezekiel 33:24 Get: Joshua 24:2, Joshua 24:3, Psalms 45:10, Psalms 45:11, Luke 14:26-Micah :, Acts 7:2-Joshua :, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Hebrews 11:8, Revelation 18:4 Reciprocal: Genesis 9:26 - the Lord Genesis 15:2 - what Genesis 17:1 - the Lord Genesis 20:13 - God Genesis 24:4 - to my kindred Genesis 24:7 - took Genesis 24:38 - But Genesis 26:2 - dwell Genesis 26:3 - unto thee Genesis 28:4 - the blessing... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:1

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity into the land of promise, which was designed both to try his faith and obedience, and also to set him apart for God. The circumstances of this call we may be somewhat helped to the knowledge of, from Stephen's speech, Acts 7:2, where we are told, 1. That the God of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1

1. The Lord had said Rather, the Lord said . The pluperfect rendering was adopted by our translators from a supposed necessity of harmonizing this verse with Acts 7:2. But it is not necessary to suppose the writer here refers to a second call, which Abram received in Haran . According to a usage often noticed in these pages, the writer goes back and takes up his narrative at a point previously recorded so we may believe, with Stephen, that this call of Abram occurred “before he dwelt... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-3

THE CALL OF ABRAM, Genesis 12:1-3. The history now narrows again to a single branch of the family of Terah Abram and his descendants. The other branches, which are only incidentally alluded to hereafter as they are connected with the fortunes of the covenant people, remained in Chaldea at least for generations, and a large portion of them settled around the wells of Haran, where, in the days of Isaac and Jacob, we find them forming a community which furnished these patriarchs wives of their... read more

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