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Genesis 12:6-9
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:6-9
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Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:6-9Genesis 12:6-9 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryAbram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on…Abram's Devotion. (b. c. 1921.)Genesis 12:6-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleABRAM'S DEVOTION. (B. C. 1921.) One would have expected that Abram having had such an extraordinary call to Canaan some great event should have followed upon his arrival there, that he should have been introduced with a…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:6Genesis 12:6 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd Abram passed through—literally, passed over, or traveled about as a pilgrim (cf. Hebrews 11:9) in—the land unto (or as far as) the place of Sichem. A prolepsis for the place where the city Shechem (either built by o…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:6-10Genesis 12:6-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe promised land. I. WANDERINGS. Entering Canaan from the north, the Chaldsean emigrant directs his progress steadily towards the south, removing from station to station till he reaches the furthest limit of the land.…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:6-9Genesis 12:6-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryRevelations. We here enter upon the more special history of Divine appearances. Hitherto the word is described simply as a word—"The Lord said;" now we connect with the word distinct appearances. The plain of Moreh will…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 12:6-9Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on…Matthew HenrycommentaryAbram's Devotion. (b. c. 1921.)ABRAM'S DEVOTION. (B. C. 1921.) One would have expected that Abram having had such an extraordinary call to Canaan some great event should have followed upon his arrival there, that he should have been introduced with a…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:6-9Revelations. We here enter upon the more special history of Divine appearances. Hitherto the word is described simply as a word—"The Lord said;" now we connect with the word distinct appearances. The plain of Moreh will…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:6And Abram passed through—literally, passed over, or traveled about as a pilgrim (cf. Hebrews 11:9) in—the land unto (or as far as) the place of Sichem. A prolepsis for the place where the city Shechem (either built by o…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:6-10The promised land. I. WANDERINGS. Entering Canaan from the north, the Chaldsean emigrant directs his progress steadily towards the south, removing from station to station till he reaches the furthest limit of the land.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:7And the Lord appeared. The first mention of a theophany, though Acts 7:2 alleges that such a Divine manifestation had previously occurred in Ur of the Chaldees. Though not a direct vision of Jehovah (John 1:18), that th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:7Abraham worshipping. "And there he builded an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him." Abraham is at length Divinely informed that he is in the land hereafter to be his. He was at the spot where the great temple, to…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 12:8Abraham's altar. "And there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord." There is a solemn word (Matthew 10:32, Matthew 10:33). The distinction is not between Christians and heathen; it is w…Joseph S. Exell and contributors