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Genesis 12
20 verses with commentary
The Call of Abram
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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<strong>Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy fa...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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**XII.**
(1) **Now the Lord had said unto Abram**.—Heb., *And Jehovah said unto Abram. *There is no new beginning; but having briefly sketched the family from which Abram sprang, and indicated that he had inherited from them the right of primogeniture, the narrative next proceeds to the primary purpose of the Tôldóth Terah, which is to show how in Abram Jehovah prepared for the fulfilment, through...
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Chapter 12
Chapter Outline
God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ.(1-3)
Abram departs from Haran.(4-5)
He journeys through Canaan, and worships God in that land.(6-9)
Abram is driven by a famine into Egypt, He feigns his wife to be his sister.(10-20)
**Verses 1-3**
God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he mi...
Read full commentary →And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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<strong>And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou sha...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(2, 3) **Thou shalt be a blessing.**—More correctly, *Be thou a blessing. *The promises made to Abram are partly personal and partly universal, embracing the whole world. In return for all that he abandons he is to become the founder of a powerful nation, who will honour his name, and teach the inheritors of their spiritual privileges to share in their veneration for him. But in the command to “be...
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Chapter 12
Chapter Outline
God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ.(1-3)
Abram departs from Haran.(4-5)
He journeys through Canaan, and worships God in that land.(6-9)
Abram is driven by a famine into Egypt, He feigns his wife to be his sister.(10-20)
**Verses 1-3**
God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he mi...
Read full commentary →And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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<strong>And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all famili...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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Chapter 12
Chapter Outline
God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ.(1-3)
Abram departs from Haran.(4-5)
He journeys through Canaan, and worships God in that land.(6-9)
Abram is driven by a famine into Egypt, He feigns his wife to be his sister.(10-20)
**Verses 1-3**
God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he mi...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(4) **Abram . . . departed out of Haran.**—The command given him in Ur may have been repeated in Haran; but more probably Abram had remained there only on account of Terah. At his death (see note on Genesis 11:26) he resumed his migration northward.
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**Verses 4-5**
Abram believed that the blessing of the Almighty would make up for all he could lose or leave behind, supply all his wants, and answer and exceed all his desires; and he knew that nothing but misery would follow disobedience. Such believers, being justified by faith in Christ, have peace with God. They hold on their way to Canaan. They are not discouraged by the difficulties in ...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gath...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(5) **Their substance that they had gathered.**—Not cattle only, but wealth of every kind. As we have no data about the migration of Terah, except that it was after the death of Haran, and that Haran left children, we cannot tell how long the family rested at their first halting place, but it was probably a period of several years; and as Abram was “very rich in silver and in gold,” he had apparen...
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**Verses 4-5**
Abram believed that the blessing of the Almighty would make up for all he could lose or leave behind, supply all his wants, and answer and exceed all his desires; and he knew that nothing but misery would follow disobedience. Such believers, being justified by faith in Christ, have peace with God. They hold on their way to Canaan. They are not discouraged by the difficulties in ...
Read full commentary →And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
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<strong>And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaani...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(6) **The place of Sichern.**—Heb., *Shechem. *This word signifies “shoulder,” and was the name of the ridge uniting Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, the summits of which are about two miles apart. As the name is thus taken from the natural conformation of the ground, it may be very ancient. The modern name of the place is Nablous, a contraction of Flavia Neapolis, a title given it in honour of Vespasian....
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**Verses 6-9**
Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on themselves as strangers and sojourners in this world, He 11:8, 13, 14. But observe how much comfort Abram had in God. When he could have little satisfaction in co...
Read full commentary →And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
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<strong>And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded h...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(7) **The Lord appeared unto Abram.**—This is the first time that any appearance of the Deity is men tioned. Always previously the communications between God and man had been direct, without the intervention of any visible medium. Thus, God *commanded *Adam (Genesis 2:16); Adam and Eve *heard *His voice (Genesis 3:8), and He *called *them (Genesis 3:9); He *said *unto Cain (Genesis 4:6-9); unto No...
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**Verses 6-9**
Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on themselves as strangers and sojourners in this world, He 11:8, 13, 14. But observe how much comfort Abram had in God. When he could have little satisfaction in co...
Read full commentary →And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
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<strong>And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(8) **He removed.**—Broke up his encampment. *No *special reason for this need be sought; it was the usual condition of the nomad life, and Abram’s wealth in cattle would make frequent changes necessary. His first long halt was in the hill country between Beth-el and Hai, or rather Ai, as in Joshua 8:1-3. The numerous almond-trees, whence the former town took its early name of Luz, the remains of ...
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**Verses 6-9**
Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on themselves as strangers and sojourners in this world, He 11:8, 13, 14. But observe how much comfort Abram had in God. When he could have little satisfaction in co...
Read full commentary →And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. going: Heb. in going and journeying
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<strong>And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south....</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.<br><br>Central themes include God...
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(9) **Toward the** **south.**—The Negeb, or dry land, so called because the soil being a soft white chalk, the rains sink through it, and even in the valleys run below the surface of the ground. Though treeless, it is still rich in flocks and herds, but the water has to be collected in tanks and cisterns (Conder, *Tent Work, *ii. 87).
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**Verses 6-9**
Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on themselves as strangers and sojourners in this world, He 11:8, 13, 14. But observe how much comfort Abram had in God. When he could have little satisfaction in co...
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And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
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<strong>And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine ...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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ABRAM’S VISIT TO EGYPT.
(10) **There was a famine in the land.**—This famine must have happened within a few years after Abram reached Canaan; for he was seventy-five years of age on leaving Haran, and as Ishmael, his son by an Egyptian slave-woman, was thirteen years old when Abram was ninety-nine, only about eight years are left for the events recorded in Genesis 12-16. As rain falls in Palestin...
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**28. Ur--**now Orfa; that is, "light," or "fire." Its name probably derived from its being devoted to the rites of fire-worship. Terah and his family were equally infected with that idolatry as the rest of the inhabitants (Jos 24:15).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
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<strong>And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Be...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(11-13) **Thou art a fair woman.**—For the word y*ephath, *rendered “fair,” see on Genesis 9:27. Though its general meaning is *beautiful, *yet there can be no doubt that the light colour of Sarai’s complexion was that which would chiefly commend her to the Egyptians; for she was now past sixty, and though vigorous enough to bear a son at ninety, yet that was by the special favour of God. As she l...
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
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<strong>Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
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<strong>Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall li...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(13) **My sister.**—True literally, as Sarai was Terah’s daughter (Genesis 20:12), but absolutely false, as it implied that she was wholly his sister, and therefore not his wife.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**31. Sarai his daughter-in-law--**the same as Iscah [Ge 11:29], granddaughter of Terah, probably by a second wife, and by early usages considered marriageable to her uncle, Abraham.
**they came unto Haran--**two days' journey south-southeast from Ur, on the direct road to the ford of the Euphrates at Rakka, the nearest and most convenient route to Palestine.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
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<strong>And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she w...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(14, 15) **Pharaoh** is not the name of a person, but was the title borne by all the Egyptian monarchs.
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
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<strong>The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into ...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(15) **The princes . . . commended her before Pharaoh.**—In the days of Abram Canaan was the highway to Egypt, and so large an immigration of men of the Semitic stock found their way thither that they overspread the whole Delta, and finally, under the name of the Hyksôs, made themselves masters of the throne of the Pharaohs, and retained their supremacy for several centuries. To keep out these hor...
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
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<strong>And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants,...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(16) **He entreated Abram well.**—Heb., *did good to Abram. *It was usual to give the relatives a sum of money when taking a daughter or sister to wife. The presents here show that Pharaoh fully believed that he was acting lawfully, while the largeness of them proves that Sarai, in spite of her years, was looked upon as a valuable acquisition. Among the presents are “asses.” The charge on this acc...
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CHAPTER 12 Ge 12:1-20. Call to Abram.
**1. Now the Lord had said unto Abram--**It pleased God, who has often been found of them who sought Him not, to reveal Himself to Abraham perhaps by a miracle; and the conversion of Abraham is one of the most remarkable in Bible history.
**Get thee out of thy country--**His being brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God had probably been a cons...
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
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<strong>And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife....</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfill...
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
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<strong>And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tel...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
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<strong>Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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(19) **So I might have taken her to me to wife.**—The Hebrew is, *and I took her to me to wife: *that is, I took her with the intention of making her my wife. During the interval before the marriage Pharaoh and his household were visited with such marked troubles that he became alarmed, and possibly Sarai then revealed to him her true relationship to Abram. We find in Esther 2:12 that in the case ...
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**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
Read full commentary →And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
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<strong>And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he ...</strong> This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise...
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**5. into the land of Canaan ... they came--**with his wife and an orphan nephew. Abram reached his destination in safety, and thus the first promise was made good.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 10-20**
There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and me...
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