In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed] or, 'bless themselves.' Through Abraham and his descendants men everywhere would come to know God as One and Holy, and to long for 'the Desire of all nations.'
Verse Genesis 12:3. _IN THEE_] In thy posterity, in the _Messiah_, who shall spring from thee, shall all families of the earth be blessed; for as he shall take on him human nature from the posterity...
- 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 BLESS THEM THAT BLESS THEE. God's blessing was to extend to Abraham's friends and followers, and the enemies of Abraham were to be subject to God's curse. Abraham was called "the friend of God,...
THEE. To Abraham personally. See note on Genesis 50:24....
_and I will bless_, &c. The blessing which Abram receives from God is to be a source of good to his friends and of evil to his foes. Observe the delicacy with which the recipients of the blessing are...
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 BLESS THEM THAT BLESS THEE, AND CURSE HIM THAT CURSETH THEE: AND IN THEE SHALL ALL FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED._ I will bless them that bless thee. His friends and his enemies would...
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...
וַ אֲבָֽרֲכָה֙ מְבָ֣רְכֶ֔יךָ וּ מְקַלֶּלְךָ֖ אָאֹ֑ר...
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...
In thee, &c., or in the Messias, who will be one of thy descendants, and the source of all the blessings to be conferred on any of the human race, Galatians iii. 16. Many of the foregoing promises reg...
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. Reader! pause over this precious verse; and when you have duly meditate...
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...
_BLESSING RECEIVED AND IMPARTED_ ‘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.’ Genesis 12:3 I. A DOUBLE STREAM OF...
3._And I will bless them that bless thee_. Here the extraordinary kindness of God manifests itself, in that he familiarly makes a covenant with Abram, as men are wont to do with their companions and e...
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 BLESS THEM THAT BLESS THEE,.... Not the priests only that should bless his children, the children of Israel, as the Targum of Jonathan, but all men of all nations, and of every age, that sp...
_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._ Ver. 3. _And I will bless them that bless thee._] Some there are that...
_In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed_ This promise crowned all the rest; for it pointed at the Messiah, “in whom all the promises are yea and amen.” Now, with what astonishing exactness...
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...
God Calls Abraham...
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. Here are promises of both temporal and spiritual blessings. To the first...
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...
Those that are friends or enemies to thee shall be the same to me; a marvellous condescension and privilege. IN THEE, i.e. in thy Seed, as it is explained GENESIS 22:18, GENESIS 26:4 28:14, i.e. in an...
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 12:3 bless H1288 (H8762) bless H1288 (H8764) curse H779 (H8799) curses H7043 (H8764) families...
‘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...
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...
Genesis 12:3 I. A double stream of narrative runs through the first four books of the Pentateuch. One of these may be called the Priestly narrative the other, the Prophetical narrative. The text sets...
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...
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 12:3 Although Abram is called to be a blessing to others, much depends on how they will treat him. The text speaks of THOSE WHO BLESS (plural) but of HIM WHO DISHONORS (singula...
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...
And I. Genesis 27:29 Exodus 23:22 Numbers 24:9 Matthew 25:40 Matthew
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...