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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:8

of Bethel: Genesis 28:19, Genesis 35:3, Genesis 35:15, Genesis 35:16, Joshua 8:17, Joshua 18:22, Nehemiah 11:31 Hai: Joshua 7:2, Joshua 8:3, Ai, Nehemiah 11:31, Aija, Isaiah 10:28, Aiath called: Genesis 4:26, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 21:33, Psalms 116:4, Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21, Romans 10:12-2 Chronicles :, 1 Corinthians 1:2 Reciprocal: Genesis 8:20 - builded Genesis 12:7 - builded Genesis 13:3 - from Genesis 13:18 - altar Genesis 28:22 - God's Genesis 31:25 - General Genesis 33:20 - altar... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 12:9

going on still: Heb. in going and journeying, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 24:62, Psalms 105:13, Hebrews 11:13, Hebrews 11:14 Reciprocal: Genesis 13:1 - the south Genesis 20:13 - God Numbers 13:17 - southward read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 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.And there he built an altar unto the Lord who appeared to him, and called on the name of the Lord — Now consider this, (1.) As done upon a special occasion when God appeared to him, then and there he built an altar, with an eye to the God that appeared to him: thus he... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:8

8. Removed from thence Abram moved southward from Shechem and pitched his tent on the little round mount now seen strewn with stones, as if for the building of an altar, south-east of Bethel now called Beitin by the Arabs a little spot covered with foundation stones and half-standing walls, while east of this mount, and at about the same distance, may be seen a hill covered with the gray ruins of Ai, the modern Et-Tel. See Joshua 7:2, note . The name Beth-el (house of God) is said to... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:9

9. Abram journeyed Literally, and Abram pulled up, (his tent-pins,) going and pulling up, (encamping and striking his tents . ) Toward the south Hebrew, towards the Negeb, that is, the country south of Palestine; probably encamping in the vale of Hebron, where we afterwards find him . Thus he dwelt in tabernacles (tents) with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the promise, a stranger in the land which yet he called his own . Hebrews 11:9. read more

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