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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Genesis 12

Chapter 12

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:

had

11:31,32 15:7 Nehemiah 9:7 Isaiah 41:9 51:2 Ezekiel 33:24

Get

Joshua 24:2,3 Psalms 45:10,11 Luke 14:26-33 Acts 7:2-6 2 Corinthians 6:17 Hebrews 11:8 Revelation 18:4

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:

13:16 15:5 17:5,6 18:18 22:17,18 24:35 26:4 27:29 28:3,14 35:11 46:3 Exodus 1:7 32:10 Numbers 14:12 24:9,10 Deuteronomy 26:5 2 Samuel 7:9 1 Kings 3:8,9 Micah 7:20 Romans 4:11 Galatians 3:7

thou shalt

14:14-16 18:18 19:29 28:4 1 Kings 1:47 Galatians 3:14

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

And I

27:29 Exodus 23:22 Numbers 24:9 Matthew 25:40,45

in thee

18:18 22:18 26:4 28:14 30:27,30 39:5 Psalms 72:17 Acts 3:25,26 Romans 4:11 1 Corinthians 1:30 Galatians 3:8,16,28 Ephesians 1:3 Colossians 3:11 Revelation 7:9

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

and Lot

11:27

departed out

Hebrews 11:8

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

the souls

14:14,21 *marg:; 46:5-26

in

11:31

and into

10:19 Acts 7:4 Hebrews 11:8,9

Canaan

So called from Canaan the son of Ham, lies between the Mediterranean sea on the west, the wilderness of Paran, Idumea, and Egypt on the south, the mountains of Arabia on the east, and the mountains of Lebanon and Phoenicia on the north. Its length, from Dan to Beersheba, is about 200 miles, and its breadth, from the Mediterranean sea to its eastern borders, about 90.

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

passed

Hebrews 11:9

Sichem

33:18 34:2 35:4 Joshua 20:7 24:32 Judges 9:1 1 Kings 12:1

Shechem

John 4:5

Sychar

Acts 7:16

Sychem

plain. The word rendered "plain" should be rendered "oak," or according to Celsius, the "turpentine-tree."

Moreh

Deuteronomy 11:30 Judges 7:1

Canaanite

10:15,18,19 13:7 15:18-21

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

appeared

17:1 18:1 32:30

Unto thy

13:15 17:3,8 26:3 28:13 Exodus 33:1 Numbers 32:11 Deuteronomy 1:8 6:10 30:20 Psalms 105:9-12 Romans 9:8 Galatians 3:16 4:28

builded

8 8:20 13:4,18 26:25 33:20 Hebrews 11:13

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.

of Beth-el

28:19 35:3,15,16 Joshua 8:17 18:22 Nehemiah 11:31

Hai

Joshua 7:2 8:3

Ai

Nehemiah 11:31

Aija

Isaiah 10:28

Aiath

called.

4:26 13:4 21:33 Psalms 116:4 Joel 2:32 Acts 2:21 Romans 10:12-14 1 Corinthians 1:2

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

going on still

Heb. in going and journeying.

13:3 24:62 Psalms 105:13 Hebrews 11:13,14

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

A. M. 2084. B.C. 1920. was a

26:1 42:5 43:1 47:13 Ruth 1:1 2 Samuel 21:1 1 Kings 17:1-18 2 Kings 4:38 2 Kings 6:25 7:1-8 Psalms 34:19 107:34 Jeremiah 14:1 John 16:33 Acts 7:11 Acts 14:22

went

26:2,3 43:1 46:3,4 2 Kings 8:1,2 Psalms 105:13

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

a fair

14 26:7 29:17 39:6,7 2 Samuel 11:2 Proverbs 21:30 Song of Solomon 1:14

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

will kill

20:11 26:7 1 Samuel 27:1 Proverbs 29:25 Matthew 10:28 1 John 1:8-10

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Say

John 8:44 Romans 3:6-8 6:23 Colossians 3:6

thou

11:29 20:2,5,12,13 26:7 Isaiah 57:11 Matthew 26:69-75 Galatians 2:12,13

and

Psalms 146:3-5 Jeremiah 17:5-8 Ezekiel 18:4

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

beheld

3:6 6:2 39:7 Matthew 5:28

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

princes

Esther 2:2-16 Proverbs 29:12 Hosea 7:4,5 Pharaoh was a common name of the Egyptian kings, and signified a "ruler," or "king," or "father of his country."; 40:2 41:1 Exodus 2:5,15 1 Kings 3:1 2 Kings 18:21 Jeremiah 25:19 46:17 Ezekiel 32:2

taken

20:2 Esther 2:9 Psalms 105:4 Proverbs 6:29 Hebrews 13:4

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

And he

13:2 20:14

he had

24:35 26:14 32:5,13-15 Job 1:3 42:12 Psalms 144:13,14

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

20:18 1 Chronicles 16:21 21:22 Job 34:19 Psalms 105:14,15 Hebrews 13:4

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

3:13 4:10 20:9,10 26:9-11 31:26 44:15 Exodus 32:21 Joshua 7:19 1 Samuel 14:43 Proverbs 21:1

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Exodus 18:27 1 Samuel 29:6-11 Psalms 105:14,15 Proverbs 21:1