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Verse 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 convertin...
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- The Call of Abram
6. שׁכם _shekem_ Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it
is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where afterward is
built the town called at first Shekem, then Flav...
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CHAPTER 12 THE FIRST EVENTS IN ABRAM'S LIFE
_ 1. The call and the promise (Genesis 12:1)_
2. Abram's obedience (Genesis 12:4)
3. The second communication of Jehovah (Genesis 12:7)
4. Abram in Egyp...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY WENT FORTH INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN.
We must keep in mind that Abraham was. great pastoral chieftain,.
prince like an Arabian Sheik of our own times. He was attended,
wherever he journeyed, by...
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SOULS. Hebrew, plural of _nephesh,_. souls. See App-13.
THEY CAME. This time: not when they had started from Chaldea (Genesis
11:31)....
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_substance_ or _goods_. A characteristic word in P (cf. Genesis 13:6;
Genesis 31:18; Genesis 36:7; Genesis 46:6).
_souls_ i.e. the slaves
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PART TWENTY-SIX
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: THE PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH
(Genesis, ch. 12; cf. Hebrews 11:8-19)
1. The Biblical Account
1 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from
thy k...
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_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 CANAA...
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12:5 obtained (e-26) Lit. 'made.'...
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THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. THE REMOVAL TO CANAAN. THE VISIT TO EGYPT
1. Had said] RV 'said,' when he was in Haran. In what manner the call
came to Abraham, whether through some outward incident which he
rec...
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THEY WENT FORTH TO GO] Haran, the starting-place, was some 300 miles
from Canaan. They would go through Syria, halting perhaps at Damascus
(see Genesis 15:2), then proceeding southwards through Bashan...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 12
ABRAM’S JOURNEY TO *CANAAN
V1 The *Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country. Leave your home.
Leave your father’s house. Go to the country that...
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The distance from Haran to Shechem, which is in *Canaan, is about 600
kilometres (400 miles)....
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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
c...
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וַ יִּקַּ֣ח אַבְרָם֩ אֶת ־שָׂרַ֨י
אִשְׁתֹּ֜ו...
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THE CALL OF ABRAHAM
Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1
WITH Abraham there opens a new chapter in the history of the race; a
chapter of the profoundest significance. The consequences of Abraham's
movements...
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GOD'S CALL AND PROMISE TO ABRAM
Genesis 12:1
God's commands are always associated with promises. Count the _shalls_
and _wills_ here. He does not give His reasons, but He is lavish of
His promises. T...
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At this point begins the actual historic movement toward the coming of
the Redeemer. One man was called to the realization of the true
principle of life. The call was personal and purposeful. Abram wa...
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ABRAM WORSHIPPED GOD
Abram acted in accord with the Lord's will (12:4). Remember, he moved
at the age of 75, which is hardly a time most would be making drastic
changes in lifestyle. Truly, it is neve...
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And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all
their substance that they had gathered, and the (d) souls that they
had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of
Ca...
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_Gotten, ( fecerant): made or acquired, either by birth or purchase,
&c. (Menochius)_...
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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...
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We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the
trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine
mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
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_‘I DO NOT ASK TO SEE THE DISTANT SCENE’_
‘So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; … and they
went forth, to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan
they came.’
Genesis 1...
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5._The souls that they had gotten in Haran_. Souls signify male and
female servants. And this is the first mention of servitude; whence it
appears, that not long after the deluge the wickedness of man...
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From chapter 12 then there is developed altogether a new order of
events, which refer to the call of God, to His covenants, to His
promises, to the manifestation of His people as a distinct people on...
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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 wif...
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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...
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_They took with them the souls that they had gotten_ That is, the
proselytes they had made, and persuaded to worship the true God, and
to go with them to Canaan; the souls which (as one of the rabbis...
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1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ.
4 He departeth with Lot from Haran.
6 He iourneyeth through Canaan,
7 which is promised him in a vision.
10 Hee is driuen by a famin...
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SECOND PERIOD
The Genesis of the patriarchal faith in the promise and of the
covenant religion; of the antagonistic relation, between the faith in
the promise and heathenism; of the harmonious opposit...
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THE CALL OF ABRAM
The Lord had before told Abram to leave his country, his kindred and
his father's house, and go to a land He would show him. This call took
place while he was still in Ur of the Chal...
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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 mis...
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_ 1921_ THE SOULS, i.e. the persons, as the word _souls_ is oft used,
as Genesis 14:21, Genesis 17:14 Exodus 12:15 Leviticus 5:1...
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The book of Genesis is, for the most part, taken up with the history
of seven men, namely, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and
Joseph. There is, I doubt not, a specific line of truth brought...
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Genesis 12:5 Abram H87 took H3947 (H8799) Sarai H8297 wife H802 Lot
H3876 brothers H251 son H1121 possessions...
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‘And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all
their substance that they had gathered, and the souls they had
obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan,
an...
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Genesis 12, 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) i...
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Genesis 12:4
_(with Acts 16:10)_
I. Taken together, these texts may be paraphrased geographically, by
saying that they contain a direction to the Law and the Gospel to move
westwards, like the sun. T...
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We will read two or three passages in the Book of Genesis concerning
God blessing his servant Abraham. Turn first to the twelfth chapter.
Genesis 12:1. _Now the lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out...
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CONTENTS: Call of Abram. His worship and testing. The error in Egypt.
CHARACTERS: Abram, Sarai, Lot, Pharaoh.
CONCLUSION: The path into which God calls the believer may often be
trying to the flesh,...
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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
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_They went forth to go into the land of Canaan, and into the land of
Canaan they came_
RIGHT BEGINNINGS
This is one of the most comforting verses in the Bible.
It is so simple and yet so sure. It t...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:5 THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD ACQUIRED IN
HARAN. Abram had under his authority a substantial number of men; many
of them may have been herdsmen (see Genesis
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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 his...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 12:1
Designed to trace the outward development of God's kingdom on the
earth, the narrative now concentrates its attention on one of the
foregoing Terachites, whose remarkable care...
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Now 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 Abrah...
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the souls. Genesis 14:14 Genesis 14:21 Genesis 46:5 in. Genesis 11:31
and into....
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ABRAM, THE TENT DWELLER
Genesis 12:5
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The outstanding characteristic in Abram was his pilgrim nature.
Perhaps it would be better to say, "nature by grace," inasmuch as
Abram becam...
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They took with them the souls that they had gotten — That is, the
proselytes they had made, and persuaded to worship the true God, and
to go with them to Canaan; the souls which (as one of the Rabbins...