Genesis 12:6-10

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 12:4-9

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 12:4. And Lot went with him] Kurtz understands that “God had not intended that Lot should join Abram on his journey. This (he says) is sufficiently manifest from his later history. But God allowed it, probably, from condescension to Abraham’s attachment to his family.” It would be more strictly proper to say that, as the narrative presents it, Lot joined the company of his own prompting, and not by Divine command, as in the case of Abram. It was, therefore, upon his own... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 12:10-20

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 12:10. A famine in the land] The frequent famines are a peculiar characteristic of early times, and of uncivilised lands. Egypt as a rich and fruitful land was even then a refuge from famine, as it was in the history of Jacob (Lange). Egypt being annually watered by the overflow of the Nile, and not depending on rains for the crops, was the great grain-growing region, and corn could be found there when famine prevailed in the adjoining country (Jacobus).—Genesis 12:11.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:1-20

Genesis 12:0 , etc. I. Notice first the call of Abraham. (1) The call was addressed to him suddenly; (2) it required him to forsake his country and his kindred, while giving him no hope of return; (3) it sent him on a long and difficult journey, to a country lying more than three hundred miles away. Yet Abraham obeyed in willing submission to the command of God. II. Notice Abraham's conquest over the kings. This is the first battle recorded in the word of God. It was after his rescue of Lot... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:6

Genesis 12:6 This 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 makes up the interval is the grace of God. II. There were difficulties by the way: why are we not... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 12:10

Genesis 12:10 Went down from one civilisation to another, went down from one society to another, went down from one religion to another. Man is a traveller not in one sense, but in all senses; and he is always travelling. We have to go out into the world; the question is, How are we going? I. A widened world always tries a man's first faith and first ways of doing things; he gets the true perspective as he moves through widening space. Abraham went down from Ur of the Chaldees with a very... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 12:7

appeared The theophanies. Genesis 17:1; Genesis 12:7; Revelation 1:10. read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 12:8

Beth-el One of the sacred places of Canaan, meaning, house of God Genesis 28:1-22; Genesis 28:1-22 (See Scofield " :-") . It is characteristic of all apostasy that Jeroboam chose this sacred place in which to erect an idol 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 12:32. (Cf) 1 Kings 13:1-5 and of divine judgment upon apostasy that God should decree the destruction of Bethel, despite its sacred memories ; 1 Kings 13:1-5; 2 Kings 23:15-17; Amos 3:14; Amos 3:15. God never hesitates to cast aside that which no... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 12:10

famine A famine was often a disciplinary testing of God's people in the land. (Cf) Genesis 26:1; Genesis 42:5; Ruth 1:1; 2 Samuel 24:13; Psalms 105:16. The resort to Egypt (the world) is typical of the tendency to substitute for lost spiritual power the fleshly resources of the world, instead of seeking, through confession and amendment, the restoration of God's presence and favour. read more

Chuck Smith

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

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