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12:1 Now the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Abram <087>, “Go out <01980> from your country <0776>, your relatives <04138>, and your father’s <01> household <01004> to <0413> the land <0776> that <0834> I will show <07200> you. 12:2 Then I will make <06213> you into a great nation <01471>, and I will bless <01288> you, and I will make <01431> your name <08034> great <01419>, so that you will exemplify divine blessing <01293>. 12:3 I will bless <01288> those who bless <01288> you, but the one who treats <07043> you lightly <07043> I must curse <0779>, and all <03605> the families <04940> of the earth <0127> will bless <01288> one another by your name.” 12:4 So Abram <087> left <01980>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had told <01696> him to do, and Lot <03876> went <01980> with <0854> him. (Now Abram <087> was 75 <07657> <02568> years <08141> old <08141> <01121> when he departed <03318> from Haran <02771>.) 12:5 And Abram <087> took <03947> his wife <0802> Sarai <08297>, his nephew <0251> <01121> Lot <03876>, and all <03605> the possessions <07399> they had accumulated <07408> and the people <05315> they had acquired <06213> in Haran <02771>, and they left <01980> for <03318> the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>. They entered <0935> the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>. 12:6 Abram <087> traveled through <05674> the land <0776> as far as <05704> the oak tree <0436> of Moreh <04176> at Shechem <07927>. (At that time <0227> the Canaanites <03669> were in the land <0776>.) 12:7 The Lord <03068> appeared <07200> to <0413> Abram <087> and said <0559>, “To your descendants <02233> I will give <05414> this <02063> land <0776>.” So Abram built <01129> an altar <04196> there <08033> to the Lord <03068>, who had appeared <07200> to <0413> him. 12:8 Then he moved <06275> from there <08033> to the hill country <02022> east <06924> of Bethel <01008> and pitched <05186> his tent <0168>, with Bethel <01008> on the west <03220> and Ai <05857> on the east <06924>. There <08033> he built <01129> an altar <04196> to the Lord <03068> and worshiped <07121> the Lord <03068> <08034>. 12:9 Abram <087> continually <01980> journeyed <05265> by stages down <05265> to the Negev <05045>. 12:10 There was <01961> a famine <07458> in the land <0776>, so Abram <087> went down <03381> to Egypt <04714> to stay <01481> for a while because <03588> the famine <07458> was severe <03515>. 12:11 As <01961> he approached <0935> <07126> Egypt <04714>, he said <0559> to <0413> his wife <0802> Sarai <08297>, “Look <02009>, I know <03045> that <03588> you <0859> are a beautiful <03303> woman <04758> <0802>. 12:12 When <03588> the Egyptians <04713> see <07200> you they will say <0559>, ‘This <02063> is his wife <0802>.’ Then they will kill <02026> me but will keep <02421> you alive <02421>. 12:13 So tell <0559> them you <0859> are my sister <0269> so that <04616> it may go well <03190> for me because of <05668> you and my life <05315> will be spared <02421> on account <01558> of you.” 12:14 When <01961> Abram <087> entered <0935> Egypt <04714>, the Egyptians <04713> saw <07200> that <03588> the woman <0802> was very <03966> beautiful <03303>. 12:15 When Pharaoh’s <06547> officials <08269> saw <07200> her, they praised <01984> her to <0413> Pharaoh <06547>. So Abram’s wife <0802> was taken <03947> into the household <01004> of Pharaoh <06547>, 12:16 and he did treat <03190> Abram <087> well <03190> on account of <05668> her. Abram received <01961> sheep <06629> and cattle <01241>, male donkeys <02543>, male servants <05650>, female servants <08198>, female donkeys <0860>, and camels <01581>. 12:17 But the Lord <03068> struck <05060> Pharaoh <06547> and his household <01004> with severe <01419> diseases <05061> because <01697> <05921> of Sarai <08297>, Abram’s <087> wife <0802>. 12:18 So Pharaoh <06547> summoned <07121> Abram <087> and said <0559>, “What <04100> is this <02063> you have done <06213> to me? Why <04100> didn’t <03808> you tell <05046> me that <03588> she <01931> was your wife <0802>? 12:19 Why <04100> did you say <0559>, ‘She <01931> is my sister <0269>,’ so that I took <03947> her to be my wife <0802>? Here <02009> is your wife <0802>! Take <03947> her and go <01980>!”

• Gen 12:1-9 -- The Obedience of Abram
• Gen 12:10-20 -- The Promised Blessing Jeopardized

• Sarah

  [nave] SARAH 1. Called also Sarai. Wife of Abraham, Gen. 11:29-31; 12:5. Relative of Abraham, Gen. 12:10-20; 20:12. Abraham represents her as his sister, and Abimelech, king of Gerar, takes her; she is restored to Abraham by mea...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 1

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 1 - sak'-ri-fis, sak'-ri-fiz: IN THE OLD TESTAMENT I. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS II. ORIGIN AND NATURE OF SACRIFICES 1. Theory of a Divine Revelation 2. Theories of a Human Origin (1) The Gift-The...
  

• Palestine

  [ebd] originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered "Philistia" in Ps. 60:8; 83:7;...
  

• Noah

  [ebd] rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam's death. This patriarch is...
  

• Lie

  [ebd] an intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10; Rev. 21:27; 22:15). Mention is made of the lies told by good men, as by Abraham (Gen. 12:12, 13; 20:2), Isaac (2...
  

• LOT (1)

  [isbe] LOT (1) - lot: I. Personality. The man who bore the name Lot (lot; Lot) is mentioned for the first time in Gen 11:27, at the beginning of that section of Genesis which is entitled "the generations of Terah." After Terah's 3 ...
  

• LIBRARIES

  [isbe] LIBRARIES - li'-bra-riz, li'-brer-iz: 1. The Bible a Library 2. Mythological and Apocryphal Libraries 3. Libraries for the Dead 4. Memory Libraries 5. Prehistoric and Primitive Libraries 6. Mesopotamian Period 7. Patriarchal...
  

• LEVITICUS, 1

  [isbe] LEVITICUS, 1 - le-vit'-i-kus: I. GENERAL DATA 1. Name 2. Character of Book 3. Unity of Book: Law of Holiness Examination of Critical Theory II. STRUCTURE 1. Modern Analyses (1) Theories of Disintegration (2) Reasons for Dism...
  

• Jacob

  [ebd] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundre...
  

• High place

  [ebd] an eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29). The first altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Gen. 8:20). Abraham also built an altar on a mount...
  

• Gilgal

  [ebd] rolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and Gerizim the Israelites moved forward to Gilgal, and there made a permanent camp (Josh. 9:6; 10:6). It was "beside ...
  

• GROVE

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'asherah, properly a wooden image, or a pillar representing Ashtoreth, a sensual Canaanitish goddess, probably usually set up in a grove (2 Kings 21:7; 23:4). In the Revised Version the word "Asherah" (q.v.) is int...
  [smith] A word used in the Authorized Version, with two exceptions, to translate the mysterious Hebrew term Asherah , which is not a grove, but probably an idol or image of some kind. [ASHERAH] It is also probable that there was a c...
  

• GENESIS, 4

  [isbe] GENESIS, 4 - IV. The Historical Character. 1. History of the Patriarchs: (Genesis 12 through 50): (1) Unfounded Attacks upon the History. (a) From General Dogmatic Principles: In order to disprove the historical character of...
  

• GENESIS, 1-2

  [isbe] GENESIS, 1-2 - jen'-e-sis: I. GENERAL DATA 1. The Name 2. Survey of Contents 3. Connection with Succeeding Books II. COMPOSITION OF GENESIS IN GENERAL 1. Unity of the Biblical Text (1) The Toledhoth (2) Further Indication of...
  

• Egyptians

  [nave] EGYPTIANS Descendants of the Mizraim, Gen. 10:6, 13, 14. Wisdom of, 1 Kin. 4:30. The art of embalming the dead practiced by, Gen. 50:2, 3, 26. Hospitality of, to Abraham, Gen. 12:10-20. Slaves bought by, Gen. 37:36. Opp...
  

• Egypt

  [isbe] EGYPT - e'-jipt: I. THE COUNTRY 1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehistoric Races II. THE HISTORY 1. 1st and...
  [nave] EGYPT The country of: Called Rahab, Psa. 87:4; 89:10; Land of Ham, Psa. 105:23; 106:22. Limits of, Ezek. 29:10. Fertility of, Gen. 13:10. Productions of, Num. 11:5; Psa. 78:47; Prov. 7:16; Isa. 19:5-9. Irrigation employ...
  

• CITIES

  [smith] The earliest notice in Scripture of city-building is of Enoch by Cain, in the land of his exile. (Genesis 4:17) After the confusion of tongues the descendants of Nimrod founded Babel, Erech, Accad and Calneh, in the land of S...
  

• Bullock

  [ebd] (1.) The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle (Isa. 65:25). It is also rendered "cow" (Ezek. 4:15), "ox" (Gen. 12:16). (2.) The translation of a word always meaning an animal of the ox kind, withou...
  

• Abraham

  [ebd] father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of ...
  [isbe] ABRAHAM - a'-bra-ham: I. NAME 1. Various Forms 2. Etymology 3. Association II. KINDRED III. CAREER 1. Period of Wandering 2. Period of Residence at Hebron 3. Period of Residence in the Negeb IV. CONDITIONS OF LIFE 1. Economi...
  [smith] (father of a multitude) was the son of Terah, and founder of the great Hebrew nation. (B.C. 1996-1822.) His family, a branch of the descendants of Shem, was settled in Ur of the Chaldees, beyond the Euphrates, where Abraham w...
  [nave] ABRAHAM, called also Abram. Son of Terah, Gen. 11:26, 27. Marries Sarah, Gen. 11:29. Dwells in Ur, but removes to Haran, Gen. 11:31; Neh. 9:7; Acts 7:4, and Canaan, Gen. 12:4-6; Acts 7:4. Divine call of, Gen. 12:1-3; Josh....
  

• ATONEMENT, DAY OF

  [isbe] ATONEMENT, DAY OF - a-ton'-ment: I. THE LEGAL ENACTMENTS 1. Named 2. Leviticus 16 (1) Contents, Structure and Position (a) Leviticus 16:1-10 (b) Leviticus 16:11-24 (c) Leviticus 16:25-28 (d) Leviticus 16:29-34 Use of Number ...
  

• Abram and Sarai in Egypt

  

• Abram's Departure

  

• Abraham, Abraham [KJ.71]

  1. Abraham, Abraham, tinggalkanlah neg'ri tentram, Abraham, Abraham, berjalanlah dengan iman! Jumlah bintang tak terbilang, turunanmu pun demikian; Ikutlah petunjukKu ke neg'ri pusakamu!	Kej 12:1-9 Kis 7:3 Ibr 11:8-10
  2. Abraham, Abraham, tinggalkanlah neg'ri tentram; Abraham, Abraham, berjalanlah dengan iman! Bangsa-bangsa dunia nanti; dalam dikau Kuberkati; Ingat akan sabdaKu di sepanjang jalanmu!	Gal 3:7-8, 14
  3. Abraham, Abraham, berangkat sungguh beriman; Abraham, Abraham menuju tanah Kanaan. Yakin, tanpa keraguan ia ikut sabda Tuhan. Mari, ikutlah serta ke neg'ri sejahtera!
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• Hatiku Bersukaria [KJ.77]

  	1 Sam 2:1-10; Luk 1:46-55
  1. Hatiku bersukaria mengagungkan nama Tuhan, Allah, Juru s'lamatku.
  2. DiindahkanNya hambaNya; kini dan senantiasa diberkati namaku.	Luk 1:4
  3. Kar'na Allah Mahakuasa melakukan karya agung kepadaku yang rendah.
  4. Mahasuci Nama Allah; rahmatNya turun-temurun atas orang salehNya.
  5. DinyatakanNya kuasa hingga orang congkak hati habis oleh tanganNya
  6. DisuruhNya turun takhta pembesar dan panguasa ditinggikan yang rendah.	Mzm 75:8 Mzm 113:7-9 Yeh 21:26
  7. Orang lapar dikenyangkan orang kaya dihampakan dan disuruhNya pergi.	Mzm 107:9
  8. Sungguh Ia melepaskan Umat Israel, hambaNya, kar'na rahmatNya kekal.
  9. Seperti dijanjikanNya pada Abraham semula untuk s'lama-lamanya.	Kej 12:3 Kej 17:7 Kej 22:18 Mzm 105:42
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• Keluar Dari Kaum [KJ.342]

  1. Keluar dari kaum dan rumah bapakmu, serahkan dirimu kepada rahmat Hu. Percaya sabdaNya. Berjalan dengan suka ke tanah air baka yang tertentu di muka.	Kej 12:1-9 Ibr 11:8-10
  2. Pergi dengan seg'ra ke lorong negeri dan simpangannya yang buruk dan keji. B'ri rumahKu penuh. Jemput segala orang ke rumah s'lamatKu; tempatnya tidak kurang.	Mat 22:8-10 Yoh 14:2
  3. Keluar! Ajarlah seluruh dunia. Taburkan InjilKu di sawah- ladangnya! Mau t'rang, maupun gelap di rumah dan kerjamu, baik ingatlah tetap: 'Ku menyertai kamu.	Mat 28:19-20 Mrk 16:15 Luk 24:47 Kis 1:8
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• Mahaterpuji Allahku [KJ.79]

  	Luk 1:68-79
  1. Mahaterpuji Allahku: Ia lepaskan kita dari kuasa seteru dan segenap derita. Tanda selamat diberi membuat wajah berseri: Mesias akan datang! Kini terkabul dan genap janji Nubuat Alkitab, yang lama didambakan.
  2. Yang dalam nista tercengk'ram akan dibebaskanNya; janjiNya pada Abraham kini menjadi nyata: umatNya bersejahtera 'kan beribadah padaNya dan hidup badi Dia. Nabi Yohanes, kau seg'ra 'kan meratakan jalanNya, Sang Raja yang mulia!	Kej 12:3 Kej 17:7 Kej 22:18 Mzm 105:42 Mal 3:1 Mrk 1:2 Luk 7:27
  3. Agar umatNya mengerti hidup kekal sentosa, Yang Mahakasih memberi rahmat ampunan dosa. Sang Surya Pagi t'lah dekat! Orang yang jalannya gelap melihat cahayaNya. Kita tak lagi bersedih, tapi berjalan ke neg'ri yang damai selamanya!	Mal 4:2 Yoh 1:9 Yes 9:1 Mat 4:16
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• Tersembunyi Ujung Jalan [KJ.416]

  1. Tersembunyi ujung jalan, hampir atau masih jauh; 'ku dibimbing tangan Tuhan ke neg'ri yang tak 'ku tahu. Bapa, ajar aku ikut, pa juga maksudMu, tak bersangsi atau Takut, beriman tetap teguh.	Kej 12:1 Mzm 73:23 Yes 48:17 Ibr 11:8-10
  2. Meski langkahMu semua tersembunyi bagiku, hatiku menurut jua dan memuji kasihMu. Meski kini tak 'ku nampak, nanti 'ku berbagia, apabila t'rangMu tampak dengan kemuliaannya.
  3. Tuhan, janganlah biarkan kutentukan nasibku. B'rilah hanya kudengarkan keputusan hikmatMu. Aku ini pun selaku kanak-kanak yang bebal. Bapa jua bimbing aku ke kehidupan kekal.
  4. Dengan bapa aku maju dalam malam yang kelam ke neg'ri yang tak kutahu dengan mata terpejam…
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• Does God Allow Satan to Punish Us with Sickness?
  Do not make the mistake that Job's friends made, of assuming that sickness, trouble, or bereavement may necessarily be punishment. You will find a different theory, not in John only, but in Hebrews. The writer of that epistle...
• How many types of covenants are recorded in the Bible?
  Bible students do not agree on the number of covenants in the Bible. How one sees the covenants generally depends on whether a person is a dispensationalist or a covenant theologian. Dispensationalist who consistently interpr...
• Did God send the angel to save Ishmael so that Islam could exist since Moslems believe Ishmael is the father of the Arabs?
  I would say this about the angel sparing Abraham's son, Ishmael. In his covenant with Abraham God promised that He would bless the seed of Abraham and those who blessed him (Genesis 12:1-3, etc.). I believe that God's blessin...
• How do Jews born after the New Testament receive salvation? Are they saved only by accepting Christ as their Lord and Savior? Is there any other means of salvation for them, as some teach?
  I believe that there has been and is only one way of salvation, and that is by faith in God's only provision for our salvation, Jesus Christ. In Romans 1:18-3:20 Paul demonstrates that all men (Jews and Gentiles alike) are lo...
• I have some friends that are living together and say they are married in God's eyes, so why should they get married? Can you give me some bilical verses to help support me when I talk with them?
  Thanks for the question. This is a very common statement/excuse. The first thing one would need to know is whether or not they both profess to have trusted in Christ for salvation. If they are not Christians I would probabl...
• There are Christians who believe that the Bible makes a case for this country's obligation to protect Israel. Do Christians have this biblical command?
  There may be political and economic factors involved in our stance as a nation to defend Israel, but your question concerns our biblical obligation to support Israel. The primary text would be found in Genesis 12:1-3: ...
• Is there any indication in Scriptures that Esau was saved?
  This is another much-debated issue. Many say he was not saved, some say maybe, and others say yes. We are never told in Scripture that he was not a believer. I think there is evidence that he was because, though he sold his b...
• Is it true the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children?
  The sins of the fathers being visited upon the children is a biblical principle. We see, for example, that Isaac seems to learn deception from his father, Abraham. Isaac passes off his wife as his sister, just as Abraham did ...
• Should a Christian Be Joyful?
  God gives joy and Christ was appointed to give it, since the Gospels, which treat of him, are the "good tidings" (Ecc. 2:26; Is. 61:3; Luke 2:10,11) and God's Word affords joy (Neh. 8:12; Jer. 15:16). Joy is promised to saint...

Twelve Tests of Abraham; Genesis 13-20; The Covenants of Scripture:; Chosen by God; Genesis 12:5

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