Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
Worship Wherever You Go
Commentators unanimously highlight that Abram's first act in a new location was to build an altar. Despite being an unsettled traveler surrounded by potentially hostile neighbors, his communion with God was his priority. As Matthew Henry notes, this teaches a timeless principle for believers: "wherever we go, let us not fail to take our religion with us."
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Genesis
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
5
Albert Barnes
On Genesis 12:1–9
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 12:8
19th Century
Bishop
He removed. —Broke up his encampment. No special reason for this needs to be sought; it was the usual condition of the no…
John Calvin
On Genesis 12:8
16th Century
Theologian
And he removed from thence. When we hear that Abram moved from the place where he had built an altar to God, we should not doubt that he w…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Gill
On Genesis 12:8
17th Century
Pastor
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
Bethel
As it was afterwards…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 12:6–9
17th Century
Minister
Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbors. He journeyed, continuing onward. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be u…