Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord The Fourth Dispensation: Promise. For Abraham, and his descendants it is evident that the Abrahamic Covenant (See Scofield " :-") made a great change. They became distinctively the heirs of promise. That covenant is wholly gracious and unconditional. The descendants of Abraham had but to abide in their own land to inherit every blessing. In Egypt they lost their blessings, but not their covenant. The Dispensation of Promise ended when Israel rashly accepted the law Exodus 19:8.... read more
Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:3
Genesis 12:3 I. A double stream of narrative runs through the first four books of the Pentateuch. One of these may be called the Priestly narrative the other, the Prophetical narrative. The text sets before us one of the characteristic features of the Prophetical narrative that consciousness of the ideal destiny of Israel which developed afterwards into the definite hope commonly called Messianic. Unfettered by the political and material limitations of his age, the narrator discerns in dim... read more