Genesis 12:1-2

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:1

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:We have here the call by which Abram was removed out of the land of his nativity into the land of promise, which was designed both to try his faith and obedience, and also to set him apart for God. The circumstances of this call we may be somewhat helped to the knowledge of, from Stephen's speech, Acts 7:2, where we are told, 1. That the God of... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:2

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:Here is added an encouraging promise, nay a complication of promises, 1.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 was1. A great relief to Abram's burden, for he had now no child2. A great trial to Abram's faith, for his wife had been long barren, so that if he believe, it must be... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1

1. The Lord had said Rather, the Lord said . The pluperfect rendering was adopted by our translators from a supposed necessity of harmonizing this verse with Acts 7:2. But it is not necessary to suppose the writer here refers to a second call, which Abram received in Haran . According to a usage often noticed in these pages, the writer goes back and takes up his narrative at a point previously recorded so we may believe, with Stephen, that this call of Abram occurred “before he dwelt... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-3

THE CALL OF ABRAM, Genesis 12:1-3. The history now narrows again to a single branch of the family of Terah Abram and his descendants. The other branches, which are only incidentally alluded to hereafter as they are connected with the fortunes of the covenant people, remained in Chaldea at least for generations, and a large portion of them settled around the wells of Haran, where, in the days of Isaac and Jacob, we find them forming a community which furnished these patriarchs wives of their... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:2

2. I will make of thee a great nation Great promises correspond with the great sacrifices commanded . 1) He left his nation, but should himself be the founder of a great nation. 2) He sacrificed kindred, but should be blessed with a spiritual kinship, as yet by him unimagined and inconceivable, but hailed afar off by faith. Hebrews 11:13. Hebrews 11:3) He broke away from ancestral ties, but his own name should be illustrious as father of the faithful, ancestor of the Hebrew people, and... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:1

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 12:2

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:1-3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 12:2

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