1 God calls Abram, and blesses him with a promise of Christ.
4 He departs with Lot from Haran, and comes to Canaan.
6 He journeys through Canaan,
7 which is promised to him in a vision.
10 He is driven by famine into Egypt.
11 Fear makes him feign his wife to be his sister.
14 Pharaoh, having taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore her.
18 He reproves Abram, whom he dismisses.

had. 11:31,32 15:7 Ne 9:7 Isa 41:9 51:2 Eze 33:24

Get. Jos 24:2,3 Ps 45:10,11 Lu 14:26-33 Ac 7:2-6 2Co 6:17 Heb 11:8 Re 18:4

2 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 Ex 1:7 32:10 Nu 14:12 24:9,10 De 26:5 2Sa 7:9 1Ki 3:8,9 Mic 7:20 Ro 4:11 Ga 3:7

thou shalt. 14:14-16 18:18 19:29 28:4 1Ki 1:47 Ga 3:14

3 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 Ex 23:22 Nu 24:9 Mt 25:40,45

in thee. 18:18 22:18 26:4 28:14 30:27,30 39:5 Ps 72:17 Ac 3:25,26 Ro 4:11 1Co 1:30 Ga 3:8,16,28 Eph 1:3 Col 3:11 Re 7:9

4 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. Heb 11:8

5 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 Ac 7:4 Heb 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.

6 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. Heb 11:9

Sichem. 33:18 34:2 35:4 Jos 20:7 24:32 Jud 9:1 1Ki 12:1

Shechem. Joh 4:5

Sychar. Ac 7:16

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

Moreh. De 11:30 Jud 7:1

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

7 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 Ex 33:1 Nu 32:11 De 1:8 6:10 30:20 Ps 105:9-12 Ro 9:8 Ga 3:16 4:28

builded. 8 8:20 13:4,18 26:25 33:20 Heb 11:13

8 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 Jos 8:17 18:22 Ne 11:31

Hai. Jos 7:2 8:3

Ai. Ne 11:31

Aija. Isa 10:28

Aiath. called. 4:26 13:4 21:33 Ps 116:4 Joe 2:32 Ac 2:21 Ro 10:12-14 1Co 1:2

9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

going on still. Heb. in going and journeying. 13:3 24:62 Ps 105:13 Heb 11:13,14

10 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 Ru 1:1 2Sa 21:1 1Ki 17:1-18:46 2Ki 4:38 2Ki 6:25 7:1-8:1 Ps 34:19 107:34 Jer 14:1 Joh 16:33 Ac 7:11 Ac 14:22

went. 26:2,3 43:1 46:3,4 2Ki 8:1,2 Ps 105:13

11 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 2Sa 11:2 Pr 21:30 So 1:14

12 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 1Sa 27:1 Pr 29:25 Mt 10:28 1Jo 1:8-10

13 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. Joh 8:44 Ro 3:6-8 6:23 Col 3:6

thou. 11:29 20:2,5,12,13 26:7 Isa 57:11 Mt 26:69-75 Ga 2:12,13

and. Ps 146:3-5 Jer 17:5-8 Eze 18:4

14 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 Mt 5:28

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

princes. Es 2:2-16 Pr 29:12 Ho 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 Ex 2:5,15 1Ki 3:1 2Ki 18:21 Jer 25:19 46:17 Eze 32:2

taken. 20:2 Es 2:9 Ps 105:4 Pr 6:29 Heb 13:4

16 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 Ps 144:13,14

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

20:18 1Ch 16:21 21:22 Job 34:19 Ps 105:14,15 Heb 13:4

18 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 Ex 32:21 Jos 7:19 1Sa 14:43 Pr 21:1

19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

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

Ex 18:27 1Sa 29:6-11 Ps 105:14,15 Pr 21:1