Genesis 12:1, God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ; Genesis 12:4, He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan; Genesis 12:6, He journeys through Canaan, Genesis 12:7, which is promised to him in a vision; Genesis 12:10, He is driven by famine into Egypt; Genesis 12:11, Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister; Genesis 12:14, Pharaoh, having taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore her; Genesis 12:18, He reproves Abram, whom he dismisses.
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Genesis 12 — OverviewGenesis 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe pedigree and family of Abram we had an account of in the foregoing
chapter; here the Holy Ghost enters upon his story, and henceforward
Abram and his seed are almost the only subject of the sacred history.…Genesis 12 — OverviewGenesis 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter an account is given of the call of Abram to depart from his own country, with a promise of a divine blessing, Ge 12:1 of his obedience to it, Ge 12:4 of his journey through the land of Canaan, and of the…Genesis 12:1-3Genesis 12:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his
nativity into the land of promise, which was designed both to try his
faith and obedience and also to separate him and set him apart for God,…Genesis 12:1Genesis 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNow the Lord. Jehovah = the God of salvation, an indication that the narrative is now to specially concern itself with the chosen seed, and the Deity to discover himself as the God of redemption. The hypothesis that…Genesis 12:1Genesis 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe voices of God at the opening of the world's eras.
I. AT THE OPENING Or CREATION. "And God said, let there be Light."
II. AT THE OPENING OF REDEMPTION. "And God said, I will put enmity between thee and the woman,"…Genesis 12:1-5Genesis 12:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION