Genesis 12:5-9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:4-5

Here is, I. Abraham's removal out of his country, out of Ur first and afterwards out of Haran, in compliance with the call of God: So Abram departed; he was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but did as he was bidden, not conferring with flesh and blood, Gal. 1:15, 16. His obedience was speedy and without delay, submissive and without dispute; for he went out, not knowing whither he went (Heb. 11:8), but knowing whom he followed and under whose direction he went. Thus God called him to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:6-9

One would have expected that Abram having had such an extraordinary call to Canaan some great event should have followed upon his arrival there, that he should have been introduced with all possible marks of honour and respect, and that the kings of Canaan should immediately have surrendered their crowns to him, and done him homage. But no; he comes not with observation, little notice is taken of him, for still God will have him to live by faith, and to look upon Canaan, even when he was in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:5

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son ,.... The son of Haran his brother, not against their wills, but with their full consent: Sarai went readily with him, not only as being his wife, and so obliged by the law of marriage and tie of relation, but on the score of religion; and Lot as being a good man, and so willing to go with him, as his near relation too, for the sake of religion. And all their substance that they had gathered ; either in Ur of the Chaldees, or in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:6

And Abram passed through the land ,.... Entering the northern part of it, as appears by his going southward, Genesis 12:9 he went on unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh ; the place afterwards called Shechem, from a prince of that name in the times of Jacob; and so it was called when Moses wrote, and therefore, by way of anticipation, calls it so here; it was about the middle of the land of Canaan, and the same with Sychar, a city of Samaria, in the times of Christ, John... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:7

And the Lord appeared unto Abram ,.... Perhaps in an human form, and so it was the Son of God; for whenever there was any visible appearance of a divine Person, under the former dispensation, it seems to be always of the essential Word, that was to be incarnate, and who spake with an articulate voice: and said, unto thy seed will I give this land ; the whole of it inhabited by Canaanites and others; and it was for this end chiefly that Abram was called out of Chaldea into Canaan, to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:8

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel ,.... As it was afterwards called by Jacob, which before and at this time had the name of Luz, Genesis 28:19 now to the east of this place was a mountain, whither Abram removed his tent from Sichem, which was about twenty miles from it, as Sir Walter Raleigh F6 History of the World, par. 1. b. 2. sect. 3. p. 132. observes, some say twenty eight F7 Bunting's Travels, p. 56. : and pitched his tent ; that is,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:9

And Abram journeyed ,.... He did not stay long in the mountain between Bethel and Hai, but moved from thence, and kept on journeying in the land of Canaan: going on still toward the south ; the southern part of the land of Canaan, which lay nearest Egypt, into which he is said to go next, the occasion of which follows. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:5

The souls that they had gotten in Haran - This may apply either to the persons who were employed in the service of Abram, or to the persons he had been the instrument of converting to the knowledge of the true God; and in this latter sense the Chaldee paraphrasts understood the passage, translating it, The souls of those whom they proselyted in Haran. They went forth to go into the land of Canaan - A good land, possessed by a bad people, who for their iniquities were to be expelled, see ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:6

The plain of Moreh - אלון elon should be translated oak, not plain; the Septuagint translate την δρυν την ὑψηλην , the lofty oak; and it is likely the place was remarkable for a grove of those trees, or for one of a stupendous height and bulk. The Canaanite was then in the land - This is thought to be an interpolation, because it is supposed that these words must have been written after the Canaanites were expelled from the land by the Israelites under Joshua; but this by no means... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared - In what way this appearance was made we know not; it was probably by the great angel of the covenant, Jesus the Christ. The appearance, whatsoever it was, perfectly satisfied Abram, and proved itself to be supernatural and Divine. It is worthy of remark that Abram is the first man to whom God is said to have shown himself or appeared: In Ur of the Chaldees, Acts 7:2 ; and 2. At the oak of Moreh, as in this verse. As מורה Moreh signifies a teacher, probably this... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:4-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 12:6-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:7

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