Removing from place to place, still hoping to meet with better neighbours, and to free himself from that perpetual vexation which he had in beholding their wickedness. Toward the south, i.e. the southern part of the land of Canaan towards Egypt. read more
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 history. But God allowed it, probably, from condescension to Abraham’s attachment to his family.” It would be more strictly proper to say that, as the narrative presents it, Lot joined the company of his own prompting, and not by Divine command, as in the case of Abram. It was, therefore, upon his own... read more
Genesis 12:0 , 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) it sent him on a long and difficult journey, to a country lying more than three hundred miles away. Yet Abraham obeyed in willing submission to the command of God. II. Notice Abraham's conquest over the kings. This is the first battle recorded in the word of God. It was after his rescue of Lot... read more
Beth-el One of the sacred places of Canaan, meaning, house of God Genesis 28:1-22; Genesis 28:1-22 (See Scofield " :-") . It is characteristic of all apostasy that Jeroboam chose this sacred place in which to erect an idol 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 12:32. (Cf) 1 Kings 13:1-5 and of divine judgment upon apostasy that God should decree the destruction of Bethel, despite its sacred memories ; 1 Kings 13:1-5; 2 Kings 23:15-17; Amos 3:14; Amos 3:15. God never hesitates to cast aside that which no... read more
Chapter 12Now 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 Abraham is always held as the model of faith in the New Testament, the model of a man who believed and trusted God. He's the prime example of the man who believes. And so many times when we read about faith and the exploits of faith, we think, "But I'm so weak and I've blown it so many times,... read more
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 make of thee a great nation, yea many nations. All these are princely benedictions, conferring sovereignty, and adding a curse on the head of him who dare to rebel. Genesis 27:29. Genesis 12:6. The Canaanite was then in the land. Abraham did not wander like other patriarchs to a vacant country, but to a land already occupied by... read more
Genesis 12:8-9He removed from thenceLessons1.Faith moves a man from place to place in the world, upon God’s word or intimation. 2. The bad entertainment of believers in the world maketh them remove their stages. 3. In the wanderings of believers, God sends abroad the discoveries of His will to several places. 4. Faith maketh souls dwell in tents here below, and be still movable for heaven. 5. Faith causeth souls to adhere unto and make profession of the true religion of God in all places; faith... read more
Gen 12:8 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. Ver. 8. And he removed from thence. ] Because his building altars to Jehovah was offensive to the Canaanites. Indeed, it was a wonder they stoned him not; but God restrained them. And there he builded an altar to the Lord. ] This was still his first care wherever he... read more
Gen 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Ver. 9. Going on still towards the south. ] As toward the sun, whereby may be figured, saith an expositor, his progress in faith and grace, as Proverbs 4:18 2 Corinthians 3:18 . read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 12:8
Beth-el, a known place, which afterwards was called Beth-el, but now Luz, Genesis 28:19; a usual prolepsis, or anticipation, as before, Genesis 12:6. On the west; or, on the sea; which is all one, because the sea was on the west part of the land: see Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14; Numbers 3:23; Deuteronomy 3:27. Hai, or Ai, as it is called, Joshua 7:2; Jeremiah 49:3; Isaiah 10:28. read more