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Genesis
Chapter
12
1^~Now
Jehovah/God had said {'amar} unto Abram,
"Get
you out of your country
and
from your kindred/relatives {Lot},
and
from your father's house {his father Terah},
unto
a land {his promised land of Canaan}
that
I will show you."
{Note: See Acts 7:2 and following. 'Your country' is not Haran, but Ur of the Chaldees},
2^~"And
I {God} will make
of
you {Abram's descendents} a great nation,
and
I will bless you {Abram},
and
make your name/reputation great.
And
you shall be a blessing.
3^^
And I will bless them that bless you,
and
curse him that cursed you.
And
in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4^~So
Abram departed,
as
Jehovah/God had 'spoken categorically'/decreed {dabar} unto him.
And
Lot went with him
{still a violation of God's command to separate from kindred}.
And
Abram was seventy and five years old
when
he departed out of Haran.
5^~
And Abram took Sarai his wife,
and
Lot - his brother's son,
and
all their substance that they had gathered/earned,
and
the souls
{nephesh - referring to over 200 slaves Abram had acquired}
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.
{Note: This verse may give us a hint as to why Abram 'tarried' in Haran. It was a great place of business. Abram is leaving here now with great wealth. This very easily could have been a hindrance to the spiritual growth of Abram - you cannot worship gold and God at the same time. And, this does not mean that wealth is 'evil'. It means get doctrine and then you have the capacity to enjoy your wealth. Cart and horse type thing.}
6^~
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem
{Sh@kem means 'shoulder' but represents power - like a left
hook - or the archer turning the left-shoulder to the foe to shoot
an arrow - David used it this way is Psalm 21:12},
unto
the plain of Moreh {Mowreh - means instruction or teaching}.
And
the Canaanite was then in the land.
{Abrahamic
Unconditional Covenant from God}
7^~
And Jehovah/God appeared unto Abram, and said,
"Unto
your seed will I {God} give this land."
And
there he {Abram} built {banah} an altar unto Jehovah/God,
Who
appeared unto him.
{Note: Abram in Canaan is a picture of rebound. He is in fellowship here. His FIRST thought is to please God - build an altar. In the next verse, he THEN builds a shelter for his own physical needs!}
8^~And
he proceeded forward from there
unto
a mountain on the east of Bethel,
and
pitched his tent,
having
Bethel {Beyth-'El - means 'house of God}
on
the west, and Hai {'Ay - means 'heap of ruins'}
on
the east.
And
there he built an altar unto Jehovah/God,
and
called upon the name of Jehovah/God.
9^~And
Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10^~And
there was a famine in the land.
And
Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn/'temporally dwell' there
{escapism - failure to rest in the promises of the Lord - stay until
'pressure' gone}.
For
the famine was grievous in the land.
{Note:
In Haran - the dried up place - you can have worldly success but
costing you
1) Tarah - delay - in the plan of God
2) Sari - contentiousness and
3) Lot - secret and self-seeking and/or self-gratification.
But
in Canaan - fellowship - there are nine things Abram had - and these
are nine things we all have when we are in fellowship with the Lord
(from verses 6-10).
1) Sh@kem - power (of the Word and of God the Holy Spirit
and the power of the Son)
2) Mowreh - instruction or teaching - of the Word - only when in
fellowship is this effective
3) 'Canaanite in the land' represents challenge and opposition -
represents the opportunity to evangelize and also the
opportunity to grow, which comes through testing - opposition
4) Promise from God - challenge to claim the promises of God -
faith rest technique
5) altar - speaks of occupation with Christ - a reminder of the
cross - we have the retrospective view of the cross today - the
Communion
6) the tent - speaks of total dependence on the Lord - no
dependence on 'walls of a city' (Hebrews 11 tells us this story -
a wealthy man needed walls to protect himself from bandits)
7) Beyth-'El - house of God - represents the worship of the Lord -
you can only worship the Lord in Canaan/fellowship
8) 'Ay - heap of ruins - even in fellowship you still have your old sin
nature - it is just under control when in fellowship
9) the test - when we have victory in our lives, then that
prosperity will be tested - is it true or not? Do you mean it?
Will you stay with reliance on the Lord or not? Abram failed the
test at the first sign of prosperity testing!}
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
you
are an extremely beautiful {yapheh} woman to look upon.
{Note: Sarai is now around 76 years old, but still a glamour girl at 76! She is contentious, but extremely beautiful. Abram thinks that lecherous old Pharaoh will want to add her to his harem.}
12^~Therefore
it shall come to pass,
when
the Egyptians shall see you,
that
they shall say,
"This
is his wife. And they will kill me {to take his wife},
but
they will save you alive."
{Note: Abram is thinking pure human viewpoint here. There is no reliance on the promise of God at all at this point. Abram has failed his prosperity test so far.}
13^~
"Say, I beg you,
that
you are my sister.
That
it may be well with me for your sake
{meaning - honey YOU need me around to care for you! Egotism
also.}
And
my soul {nephesh} shall live {chayah}
because
of you
{appealing to her approbation lust - make her 'feel good' also}.
{Note: So Abram's human viewpoint continues. Now dear sin and lie for me and I will not be killed. No reliance on the promise of the Lord at all still.}
14^~And
it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt,
the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was extremely beautiful.
15^~The
princes also of Pharaoh saw her,
and
commended her before Pharaoh.
And
the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
{Out
of fellowship 'Rewards'}
16^~And
he {Pharaoh} treated Abram well for her sake.
And
he {Abram} had sheep, and oxen, and Jackasses {chamowr},
and
menservants {male slaves},
and
maidservants {female slaves},
and
she-asses {'athown},
and
female-camels
{all represent abundance of ancient world wealth}.
{Note: So what are Abram's 'rewards' of being out of fellowship? Egotism, dishonesty -inducing lying, fear of man, divisive and a liar, mother of Jewish race in the harem of a heathen king . . . and, material things.}
17^~And
Jehovah/God plagued {naga`} Pharaoh
and
his house with great plagues
because
of Sarai - Abram's wife.
18^~And
Pharaoh called Abram, and said,
"What
is this that you have done unto me?
Why
did you not tell me that she was your wife?"
19^~"Why
did you say, 'She is my sister?' {truth comes out}
so
I might have taken her to me to wife
{meaning he has not done so yet, she is in the harem waiting her
turn}
Now
therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way."
20^~And
Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him.
And
they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
{Note: At this point, the heathen king is on a higher spiritual plain then Abram. Principal - it is possible for a believer out of fellowship to behave much worse than unbelievers. Unbelievers only have one inner struggle - old sin nature. But believers out of fellowship have two inner struggles - the old sin nature and the 'angelic conflict'/devil. What kind of 'witness' does Abram give to Pharaoh? Liar, cheater, coward on and on.}
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