Daniel Whedon ABRAM IN CANAAN, Genesis 12:4-9. 4. Departed Abram obeys, and goes forth from Haran, westward, over the river, as it was ever called by the Hebrews, the great Euphrates, afterwards the boundary of the kingdom of David and Solomon, separating Aram from Padan-Aram, the fertile Mesopotamian plain from the Syrian desert, and henceforth he was Abram, the Hebrew, the man who had crossed the border from beyond the great river, ( ο περατης , LXX of Genesis 14:13,) the emigrant, the ... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:4
ABRAM IN CANAAN, Genesis 12:4-9. 4. Departed Abram obeys, and goes forth from Haran, westward, over the river, as it was ever called by the Hebrews, the great Euphrates, afterwards the boundary of the kingdom of David and Solomon, separating Aram from Padan-Aram, the fertile Mesopotamian plain from the Syrian desert, and henceforth he was Abram, the Hebrew, the man who had crossed the border from beyond the great river, ( ο περατης , LXX of Genesis 14:13,) the emigrant, the ... read more