Bereshit/Genesis Chapter 12 & 13 – Come Out and be like Abram

27 March, 2022 in Abraham, Bereshit/Genesis, Elohim, Lot, Sarah, YHWH

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First posted JUNE 14, 2018

Abram is called out of his father’s house:

¹And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
(Gen 12:1 Brenton)

Though the commentary in the study may suggest Terah would have been dead, both the Masoretic and Septuagint timelines show that Abram departed long before his father went the way of his ancestors at the age of 75. Abram moved into an unknown land not knowing anything and putting his trust in the Holy Elohim he is beginning to learn to trust. He departs with his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot and all their possessions they accumulated. Lot would have inherited the possession and birthright from his father Haran, and thought it best to stick with his uncle. They entered the land and moved around a bit; eventually settling in Egypt because of famine. It was a mixed bag in Egypt as Abram, Sarai and the Pharao had a meeting of the minds, so to speak. They returned to the promised land with substance, and soon afterwards Abram and Lot came to an understanding about manhood through the realization of needing their own space to grow.