9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
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And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. …
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)One would have expected that Abram having had such an extraordinary call to Canaan some great event should have followed upon his arrival there, that he should have been introduced with all possible marks of honour and respect, and that the kings of Canaan should immediately have surrendered their crowns to him, and done him homage. But no; he comes not with observation, little notice is taken of…
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