Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Genesis 12:2
Thou shalt be a blessing] RV 'Be thou a blessing,' i.e. the very embodiment of blessing: blessed thyself, and the source of blessing to others.
Thou shalt be a blessing] RV 'Be thou a blessing,' i.e. the very embodiment of blessing: blessed thyself, and the source of blessing to others.
Verse Genesis 12:2. _I WILL MAKE OF THEE A GREAT NATION_] i.e., The Jewish people; _and make thy name great_, alluding to the change of his name from _Abram_, a high father, to _Abraham_, the father o...
- 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...
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...
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...
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...
WILL MAKE OF THEE. GREAT NATION. There are several clauses in the promise to Abraham of which this is the first and refers to his descendants. Among the purposes of God was the founding of the Jewish...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6). I WILL. Note this sevenfold promise with the sevenfold blessing in Exodus 6:4 (App-10)....
The promise, (1) of national greatness, (2) of personal privilege, embraces a double relation, to the world and to the individual. _a great nation_ This thought stands in the forefront. The personal...
I WILL MAKE OF THEE A GREAT NATION, &C.— In these two verses the twofold covenant, or promise, is comprised. See note on ch. Genesis 9:9. 1st, The temporal one, in which God promises to make of Abram...
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...
_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:_ I will make of thee a great nation. Nothing was more improbable at the time, si...
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...
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...
וְ אֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְ גֹ֣וי גָּדֹ֔ול וַ אֲבָ֣רֶכְ
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...
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...
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...
GOD CALLED ABRAM A SECOND TIME In Genesis 12:1-20, after Terah's death, God called Abram a second time. In conjunction with this call, He made some promises. Because the call included both a command a...
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be (c) a blessing: (c) The world shall recover by your seed, which is Christ, the blessing which...
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: How eminently was this fulfilled in Abram's history. First, according to nature in...
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...
2._And I will make of thee a great nation_. Hitherto Moses has related what Abram had been commanded to do; now he annexes the promise of God to the command; and that for no light cause. For as we are...
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...
AND I WILL MAKE OF THEE A GREAT NATION,.... In a literal sense, as the people of the Jews were that descended from him, and in a spiritual sense believers in all ages and of all nations, that walk in...
_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:_ Ver. 2. _And I will make of thee a great nation._] Why then should the scornful...
_I will make of thee a great nation_ When God took him from his own people, he promised to make him the head of another people. This promise was both a great relief to Abram's burden, for he had now n...
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...
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;...
God Calls Abraham...
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...
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...
1-3 God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship might be maintained till the coming of Chris...
I WILL BLESS THEE with all my blessings, spiritual, temporal, and eternal; (see DEUTERONOMY 7:13, DEUTERONOMY 28:2, &c.; EPHESIANS 1:3) AND THOU SHALT BE, both a pattern and instrument of blessed
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...
Genesis 12:2 make H6213 (H8799) great H1419 nation H1471 bless H1288 (H8762) name H8034 great H1431 ...
‘And Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country and your kinsfolk, and your father's house, for the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your...
AND For analysis and summary of the Abrahamic Covenant, (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 15:18). _...
Genesis 12:2 When God called Abraham, and, in Abraham, the Jewish nation, He cradled them in blessings. This is the way in which He always begins with a man. If ever, to man or nation, He speaks othe...
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...
Genesis 12:1 I. At some time in our lives a call from God sends its trumpet tone through each of our souls, as it did when Abraham heard it, and he went forth with the future stretching broad and far...
Genesis 12:1 _(with Genesis 9:1)_ No one has ever doubted that the words in Genesis 9:1 are a Divine blessing upon the human race. I. There is something especially appropriate in this language to th...
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...
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,...
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
_Now the Lord had said unto Abram, get thee out of thy country_ ABRAHAM’S ACTION His obeying the call and command of God, wherein four circumstances are very remarkable. 1. The time when it was whe...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:1 Through Abram, ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH will be blessed. This marks an important turning point in Genesis 1:1, as it reverses the predom
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 12:2 MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT. This was the failed goal of the tower builders (Genesis 11:4)....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Now the Lord had said] More literally this may read, “_The Lord said_,” and may refer to a call to leave Haran, and not to that which Abram received in Ur, of which Stephen speaks in...
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...
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...
Genesis 13:16 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 17:5 Genesis 17:6 Genesis 18:18...
ABRAM'S DEPARTURE Genesis 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God spoke, of old, in the Person of Christ. In today's study the Lord spoke to Abram. During Abram's life, he had several interviews from Heaven...
Here is added an encouraging promise, nay a complication of promises, I will make of thee a great nation — When God took him from his own people, he promised to make him the head of another people. Th...