Genesis 12:6-9

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 12:5-10

Abram, the Tent Dweller Genesis 12:5-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The outstanding characteristic in Abram was his pilgrim nature. Perhaps it would be better to say, "nature by grace," inasmuch as Abram became a pilgrim through faith. 1. "Abram * * departed out of Haran" (Genesis 12:4 ). 2. "Abram * * went forth to go into the land of Canaan" (Genesis 12:5 ). 3. "Abram passed through the land" (Genesis 12:6 ). 4. "Abram * * removed from thence" (Genesis 12:8 ). 5. "Abram journeyed, going * *... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 12:7-9

Faith as Exemplified in Abraham Genesis 12:1-4 , Genesis 12:7-9 ; Genesis 13:14-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Does God still speak to men as He spoke to Abraham? Our Scripture opens with the statement, "Now the Lord had said unto Abram * *." If the Lord said something to Abraham, may He not also say something to us? Does the Lord still guide men into His perfect will? The Lord said unto Abraham, "Get thee * * unto a land that I will shew thee." The Lord, therefore, undertook to guide Abraham... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:6

‘And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.’ The arrival at Shechem (a very ancient city) is mentioned because it is here that Abram will have his first meeting with Yahweh in the land. “The oak of Moreh” may be intended to indicate an oak forest (compare Genesis 13:18 and Deuteronomy 11:30). Alternately it may refer to a particularly famous oak, possibly with religious connotations. Indeed the particular oak may have... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:7

‘And Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your seed I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to Yahweh who appeared to him.’ This is the first theophany (awesome experience of God) received by Abram in the land. It confirms that he has now arrived at the place to which God has sent him. This land is the land promised to him, the land that God would show him (Genesis 12:1). This is a postscript to the earlier covenant. This also confirms our above view about the mention of the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:8

‘And he removed from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel (‘house of God’), and pitched his tent, having Bethel to the West and Ai to the East. And there he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.’ Abram is surveying the land and finding places for his herds and flocks to feed. But wherever he goes he does not forget the public worship of God. “Called on the name of Yahweh”. A technical term for Yahweh worship (see Genesis 4:26). Abram is announcing to his family... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:9

‘And Abram journeyed going on still towards the Negev.’ The Negev was the Southern highland, sloping southward between Hebron and Beer-sheba, the southernmost part of Canaan, and very suitable for grazing. Abram has now passed through the whole land, surveying it in Yahweh’s name, and seeking pasture. It is his new home. Archaeology testifies to the occupancy of this area by peoples similar to Abram around this time. The route taken by Abram also fits in with what we know of such people from... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-9

Genesis 12:1-1 Samuel : . The Call of Abraham, his Migration to Canaan, and Yahweh’ s Promise to Him.— From J, except Genesis 12:4 b, Genesis 12:5, which is clearly from P. Abraham is called to leave country, kindred, and home for an unnamed land. His faith is thus challenged at the outset ( Hebrews 11:8); at the call of God, without question or demur, he abandons the tangible certainties of the present for a vague destination, and the hazards of travel and settlement in a new land. But he... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-20

Genesis 12:1 to Genesis 25:18 . The Story of Abraham.— In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources, one connecting Abraham with Hebron, the other with Beersheba and the Negeb. The former associates Abraham with Lot. (For details, see ICC.) On the interpretation to be placed on the figures of Abraham and the patriarchs, see the Introduction. The interest, which has hitherto been diffused... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:6

Sichem; Heb. Sechem, a place afterwards so called in the mountains of Ephraim, Joshua 21:21; Judges 8:31, and here so called by anticipation. The Canaanite is properly so called; that cursed, cruel, impious, and idolatrous nation: see Zechariah 14:21. This is added as an aggravation of Abram’s faith and obedience, that he durst and did profess the true religion in the midst of such a people, which could not be without great danger both of his estate and life. Was then in the land, as a settled... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared unto Abram, to encourage and comfort him against his wicked neighbours: see Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 24:7; Deuteronomy 34:4. There built he an altar, a place for sacrifice, and other parts of Divine worship, erected by him both to keep his family in the true religion, and to separate himself and them from that idolatrous neighbourhood. read more

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