Passage Research
Genesis 12 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Genesis 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 16
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 12 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַבְרָם | ʼAbrâm | H87 | 12 | Abram |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 11 | woman |
| פַּרְעֹה | Parʻôh | H6547 | 6 | Paroh |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 6 | see |
| שָׂרַי | Sâray | H8297 | 3 | Sarai |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 5 | walk, carry |
| בָּרַךְ | bârak | H1288 | 4 | kneel, bless |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and meaning to tarry there no longer than needful. There Abram dissembled his relation to Sarai, equivocated, and taught his wife and his attendants to do so too. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 12:10–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Canaan — Gen 12:10
- Egypt — Gen 12:10
- Haran — Gen 12:4
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