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Genesis
12:1-20. CALL TO ABRAM.
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Verse 1. Now the Lord had said unto
Abram--It pleased God, who has often been found of
them who sought Him not, to reveal Himself to Abraham
perhaps by a miracle; and the conversion of Abraham is
one of the most remarkable in Bible history.
Get thee out of thy country--His
being brought to the knowledge and worship of the true
God had probably been a considerable time before. This
call included two promises: the first, showing the land
of his future posterity; and the second, that in his
posterity all the earth was to be blessed (Ge
12:2). Abraham obeyed, and it is frequently
mentioned in the New Testament as a striking instance of
his faith (Heb
11:8).
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Verse 5. into the land of Canaan
. . . they came--with his wife and an
orphan nephew. Abram reached his destination in safety,
and thus the first promise was made good.
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Verse 6. the place of
Sichem--or Shechem, a pastoral valley then
unoccupied (compare Ge
33:18).
plain of
Moreh--rather, the "terebinth tree" of Moreh, very
common in Palestine, remarkable for its wide-spreading
branches and its dark green foliage. It is probable that
in Moreh there was a grove of these trees, whose
inviting shade led Abram to choose it for an
encampment.
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Verse 7. Unto thy seed will I give
this land--God was dealing with Abram not in his
private and personal capacity merely, but with a view to
high and important interests in future ages. That land
his posterity was for centuries to inhabit as a peculiar
people; the seeds of divine knowledge were to be sown
there for the benefit of all mankind; and considered in
its geographical situation, it was chosen in divine
wisdom as the fittest of all lands to serve as the
cradle of a divine revelation designed for the whole
world.
and there builded he
an altar unto the Lord--By this solemn act of
devotion Abram made an open profession of his religion,
established the worship of the true God, and declared
his faith in the promise.
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Verse 10. there was a famine
. . . and Abram went down into Egypt--He
did not go back to the place of his nativity, as
regretting his pilgrimage and despising the promised
land (Heb
11:15), but withdrew for a while into a neighboring
country.
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Verse 11-13. Sarai's
complexion, coming from a mountainous country, would be
fresh and fair compared with the faces of Egyptian women
which were sallow. The counsel of Abram to her was true
in words, but it was a deception, intended to give an
impression that she was no more than his sister. His
conduct was culpable and inconsistent with his character
as a servant of God: it showed a reliance on worldly
policy more than a trust in the promise; and he not only
sinned himself, but tempted Sarai to sin also.
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Verse 14. when Abram was come into
Egypt--It appears from the monuments of that country
that at the time of Abram's visit a monarchy had existed
for several centuries. The seat of government was in the
Delta, the most northern part of the country, the very
quarter in which Abram must have arrived. They were a
race of shepherd-kings, in close alliance with the
people of Canaan.
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Verse 15. the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house--Eastern kings have for ages claimed
the privilege of taking to their harem an unmarried
woman whom they like. The father or brother may deplore
the removal as a calamity, but the royal right is never
resisted nor questioned.
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Verse 16. he entreated Abram well
for her sake--The presents are just what one
pastoral chief would give to another.
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Verse 18-20. Here is a most
humiliating rebuke, and Abram deserved it. Had not God
interfered, he might have been tempted to stay in Egypt
and forget the promise (Ps
105:13, 15). Often still does God rebuke His people
and remind them through enemies that this world is not
their rest.
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Bibliography
Information
Jamieson, Robert,
D.D. "Commentary on Genesis 12". "Commentary Critical and
Explanatory
on the Whole Bible".
<http://www.studylight.org/com/jfb/view.cgi?book=ge&chapter=012>.
1871.
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