Genesis 12:4-5

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 12:4

Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto himAbraham’s obedienceI.AT FIRST, ABRAHAM’S OBEDIENCE WAS ONLY PARTIAL (Genesis 11:31). It becomes us to be very careful as to whom we take with us in our pilgrimage. We may make a fair start from our Ur; but if we take Terah with us, we shall not go far. Let us all beware of that fatal spirit of compromise, which tempts us to tarry where beloved ones bid us to stay. II. ABRAHAM’S OBEDIENCE WAS RENDERED POSSIBLE BY HIS FAITH Genesis... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 12:5

Genesis 12:5They went forth to go into the land of Canaan, and into the land of Canaan they cameRight beginningsThis is one of the most comforting verses in the Bible.It is so simple and yet so sure. It tells us that the end is certain if the beginning is right. I. The text is WRITTEN FROM HEAVEN’S SIDE OF THE QUESTION. It is the history--put in short--of all the saints who ever went to glory. They took a long journey, and at last they got safely home. The rest--how it was, why it was, all that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:4

Gen 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. Ver. 4. So Abram departed. ] He had now enough, having such precious promises, though he previously had nothing else. He parted with his friends and kindred, but is now become the friend of God, and akin to Christ. Let their money perish with them, who esteem all the gold in the world worth one day’s society with Jesus Christ, and his... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:5

Gen 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. Ver. 5. And Abram took Sarai his wife. ] The faithful companion of all his travels and troubles - one that "did him good, and not evil all her days". Pro 31:12 And although she suffered much hardship with him, and for his sake, and was oft put to... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:4

and Lot: Genesis 11:27 departed out: Hebrews 11:8 Reciprocal: Genesis 11:26 - Abram Genesis 11:31 - Haran Genesis 16:3 - had Genesis 17:24 - General Genesis 17:26 - General Genesis 25:7 - General Genesis 26:5 - General Genesis 27:43 - Haran 1 Kings 17:15 - did according Ezekiel 27:23 - Haran Matthew 21:6 - and did Acts 7:4 - came read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:5

the souls: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:21, *marg. Genesis 46:5-Ezekiel : in: Genesis 11:31 and into: Genesis 10:19, Acts 7:4, Hebrews 11:8, Hebrews 11:9 Canaan: So called from Canaan the son of Ham, lies between the Mediterranean sea on the west, the wilderness of Paran, Idumea, and Egypt on the south, the mountains of Arabia on the east, and the mountains of Lebanon and Phoenicia on the north. Its length, from Dan to Beersheba, is about 200 miles, and its breadth, from the Mediterranean sea... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:4

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.So Abram departed — He was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. His obedience was speedy and without delay, submissive and without dispute. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:5

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.They took with them the souls that they had gotten — That is, the proselytes they had made, and persuaded to worship the true God, and to go with them to Canaan; the souls which (as one of the Rabbins expresseth it) they had gathered under the wings of the... read more

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