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
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 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:Here is added an encouraging promise, nay a complication of promises, 1.I will make of thee a great nation — When God took him from his own people, he promised to make him the head of another people. This promise was1. A great relief to Abram's burden, for he had now no child2. A great trial to Abram's faith, for his wife had been long barren, so that if he believe, it must be... read more