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12 Now the Lord had said to Abram: To a land that I will show you. And you shall be a blessing. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” 4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him.
This was the plot of ground that Jacob gave his son Joseph, land Jacob had conquered from the Amorites with his sword and bow in an unrecorded battle (Genesis 48:22). This is where the bones of Joseph were eventually buried when they were carried up from Egypt ( Joshua 24:32 ).
Genesis chapter 12 declares a simple, powerful, and surprisingly deep truth: God chose Abram. God's plan was to make for Himself a great nation, a people that were His own, and He chose to begin it with Abram.
In chapter 12, God reveals the initial successes and failures of faith of the man who was initially called Abram. God would later rename him “Abraham” to signal both his transformation and God’s ownership over the calling in his life.
Genesis 12:1-3 meaning God tells Abram to leave his home and country in order to move to another land. God promises blessings to Abram and that through Abram all the families of the earth will be blessed.
chapter 12 Abram’s Call and Migration. 1 The L ORD said to Abram: Go forth * from your land, your relatives, and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. a 2 * I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. b 3 c I will bless those who bless you and curse ...
17 Μαΐ 2016 · Let's look at how Longman explains and applies Genesis 12:1–3—an important set of verses to be sure! “One cannot overestimate the importance of these three verses not only for the Abraham story and the Pentateuch but for the entire Bible, both Old and New Testaments.” (159)
