Genesis 12:1
The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your relatives and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
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Genesis 11:31Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they went to Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 20:13So when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: at every place to which we come, say that you are my brother.’”
Genesis 24:38but go to my father’s home and to my relatives and there find a wife for my son.’
Joshua 24:2and Joshua said to all the people, “This is the message of the Lord the God of Israel: In days of old your ancestors lived east of the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, worshipping other gods.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 12:1
The pedigree and family of Abram we had an account of in the foregoing chapter; here the Holy Ghost enters upon his story, and henceforward Abram and his seed are almost the only subject of the sacred history. In this chapter we have, I. God's call of Abram to the land of Canaan, ver. 1-3 . II. Abram's obedience to this call, ver. 4, 5 . III. His welcome to the land of Canaan, ver. 6-9 . IV. His journey to Egypt, with an account of what happened to him there. Abram's flight and fault, ver. 10-13 . Sarai's danger… Read the whole commentary →