e-Ministries   
   by Jon Justvig   
   March 3, 2013   
          
   Issue #: 17   
      
   Since the fall of man from the beginning with Adam and Eve, the slain of Able   
   and Noah, his generations and the flood we come to a great man, Abram, son of   
   Tarah.   
      
   Gen 12:1  Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and   
   from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew   
   thee:    
   Gen 12:2  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:  Gen 12:3  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.    
      
   God definately has Abram's back on this one.  Abram has left his home land and   
   God has told him to leave his homeland, become a man of a great nation, as   
   well as, bless those that bless Abram and curse those that curse him.  God   
   keeps his promise and is true to his word.   
      
   Gen 12:4  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.   
      
   Age was not a problem in those days, imagine going on your own at that age   
   nowdays, he was still in his youth.   
       
   Gen 12:5  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.    
      
   Abram has left his ancestor's behind as God had commanded him and has taken   
   Haren's son, his nephew Lot with him, what they had and dwelth in Canaan.   
      
   Gen 12:6  And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the   
   plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.  Gen 12:7  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.   
      
   Seeing and hearing from the Lord in those days had to be a blessing and   
   fearless if you had obeyed God.  Abram built an alter for the Lord and He   
   appeared unto him for guidance and preparation.   
      
   Gen 12:8  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.  Gen 12:9  And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.  Gen   
   12:10  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.    
      
   Fear was great there in Egypt as he continued on his journey.   
      
   Gen 12:11  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:    
   Gen 12:12  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.   
      
   In Egypt, where Abram met his wife but this was not to be permitted as he had   
   learned for the Lord that when they see Abram with Sarai, that Abram would be   
   killed.  So...   
       
   Gen 12:13  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.    
      
   Sarai had to pose as Abram's sister because of this fact.   
      
   Gen 12:14  And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the   
   Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.  Gen 12:15  The princes   
   also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was   
   taken into Pharaoh's house.   
      
   Pharaoh commanded Sarai to be taken to his house and was held captive.   
       
   Gen 12:16  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.    
      
   Remember, God promised he would protect Abram.   
      
   Gen 12:17  And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues   
   because of Sarai Abram's wife.    
      
   Because of this, the Lord had cursed Pharaoh and his people.  Sarai was an   
   attractive woman.  She was looked at in lust and take note of this and the   
   pact in marriage.   
      
   Heb 13:4  Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but   
   whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.    
      
   Gen 12:18  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?  Gen 12:19    
   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.  Gen 12:20  And   
   Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his   
   wife, and all that he had.    
      
   Pharaoh has now released Abram and Sarai, also had returned all of their   
   possessions and went their way.  We'll continue to study what happens with   
   Abram's great nation and an interesting story involving him and Sarai.   
      
      
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