1. שׁכם (shekem) Shekem, “the upper part of the back.” Here it is the name of a person, the owner of this place, where a to…

Thou shalt be a blessing. — More correctly, Be thou a blessing. The promises made to Abram are partly personal a…

There, you see, was the missionary character of the seed of Abraham, if they had but recognized it. God did not bless them for themselves alone, bu…

And I will bless those who bless you. Here the extraordinary kindness of God manifests itself, in that He personally makes a covenant with…

And I will ble those who ble you
Not the priests only that should ble his children, the children of Israel, as the T…

God chose Abram and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, so that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship mig…