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Selected Verse: Genesis 12:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 12:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And Abram [087] took [03947] Sarai [08297] his wife [0802], and Lot [03876] his brother's [0251] son [01121], and all their substance [07399] that they had gathered [07408], and the souls [05315] that they had gotten [06213] in Haran [02771]; and they went forth [03318] to go [03212] into the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]; and into the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] they came [0935]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| into the land of Canaan . . . they came--with his wife and an orphan nephew. Abram reached his destination in safety, and thus the first promise was made good. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They took with them the souls that they had gotten - That is, the proselytes they had made, and persuaded to worship the true God, and to go with them to Canaan; the souls which (as one of the Rabbins expresseth it) they had gathered under the wings of the divine Majesty. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The souls that they had gotten in Haran - This may apply either to the persons who were employed in the service of Abram, or to the persons he had been the instrument of converting to the knowledge of the true God; and in this latter sense the Chaldee paraphrasts understood the passage, translating it, The souls of those whom they proselyted in Haran.
They went forth to go into the land of Canaan - A good land, possessed by a bad people, who for their iniquities were to be expelled, see Lev 18:25. And this land was made a type of the kingdom of God. Probably the whole of this transaction may have a farther meaning than that which appears in the letter. As Abram left his own country, father's house, and kindred, took at the command of God a journey to this promised land, nor ceased till be arrived in it; so should we cast aside every weight, come out from among the workers of iniquity, set out for the kingdom of God, nor ever rest till we reach the heavenly country. How many set out for the kingdom of heaven, make good progress for a time in their journey, but halt before the race is finished! Not so Abram; he went forth to go into the land of Canaan, and into the land of Canaan he came. Reader, go thou and do likewise. |
25 And the land [0776] is defiled [02930]: therefore I do visit [06485] the iniquity [05771] thereof upon it, and the land [0776] itself vomiteth out [06958] her inhabitants [03427].