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Genesis 12:1-9

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletBereshit 12: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
bullet"Call and Awakening," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
bullet Chapter X of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
bullet IV.XXI.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180) 
bullet Chapter II, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
bullet V.XV, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
bulletFrom Calvin's Commentary on Genesis.
bullet"Should any one choose to understand this passage in a restricted sense, as if, by a proverbial mode of speech, they who shall bless their children or their friends, shall be called after the name of Abram, let him enjoy his opinion; for the Hebrew phrase will bear the interpretation, that Abram shall be called a signal example of happiness."
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"It was not enough for him to worship God in his heart, but it was expedient to declare by outward profession his faith before men, of which this altar was a sign."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"Canaan was not, as other lands, a mere outward possession, but a type of heaven, and in this respect the patriarchs so earnestly prized it."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"By deserting his country he lost his name there: care not for that, (saith God) but trust me, and I will make thee a greater name than ever thou couldst have had there."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"God was dealing with Abram not in his private and personal capacity merely, but with a view to high and important interests in future ages."
bulletContemporary References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
bullet "This is the first in a series of five readings from the story of Abraham, Lot, Sarah and Hagar..."
bullet Genesis 12:1-9, Pentecost 3, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"The promise given in Gen 12:1-3 is shown to come true in this story of Abram and Sarai. The great adventure is about to begin based on complete trust and obedience to God. We will discover later how Abram will be a blessing and a curse to other nations."
bullet "Abraham: The Father of Us All," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
bullet"In his journey into the unknown, Abraham embraced ignorance, relinquished control, and chose to live with confidence in God's promise to bless him in a new and strange place."
bullet "Commentary on Genesis 12:1-9: Second Sunday After Pentecost," by Dennis Bratcher at the Christian Resource Institute
bullet"This chapter recounting God’s call and promise to Abraham, and Abraham’s response, is the pivotal event in the book of Genesis, the theological hinge between sin and grace."
bullet Genesis 12:1-4a, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
bullet "Preaching Stories of Family Origins: Readings from the Book of Genesis," lectionary reflections for June, Rev. Dr. Ronald J. Allen, The Living Pulpit, 2008.
bullet The Old Testament Readings (Lent 2A): Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
bullet"This text is a turning point in the biblical story in general and the Genesis story in particular."
bullet Commentary, (Lent 2A), Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"This form of unconditional/promissory covenant comes again in slightly different format through the tribes who lived in the Southern Kingdom of Judah and was picked up again in the exile."
bullet "Abraham in Three Movements," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2008.
bullet "Our ultimate journey is to move from a self-regarding heart curved in on itself to an other-regarding openness to the love of God, a love for others, and a love for all His world."
bullet Progressive Bible Study, Genesis 12:1-4, Pastor Dan, Street Prophets.
bullet"How is God at work recreating the world around us? Where are the new names, the new lands, the new families? Where are the places of promise in the world?"
bullet "Leave Your Country," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
bullet"Our ultimate journey is to move from a self-regarding heart curved in on itself to an other-regarding openness to the love of God, a love for others, and a love for all His world. That, of course, is a journey that lasts a lifetime."
bullet "The Blessing of Abram," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
bullet"These verses begin the high point of Genesis: the story of Abraham."
bullet "Birth of a Covenant," Torah Commentary by Rabbi Shai Held. BeliefNet.
bullet"God tells Abram to leave the comforts of home and go out to repair himself--and the entire world."
bullet "The Call of Abraham," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet Parshas Lech Lecha, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Genesis 12:1 - 17:27.
bulletParshat Lech Lecha, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
bullet "Mission among Muslims: Another Chosen People," Herbert Zorn, Word & World Texts in Context, 1996.
bullet"Fifty years ago, Mission among Muslims would have been described as mission to Muslims..."
bullet "The Call of Abram," from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet"While what was to be left behind was crystal clear, what lay ahead was distressingly devoid of detail."
bulletGenesis 12:1-9, Proper 10A: Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet Genesis 12:1-4a, Lent 2: Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet"Call and Promise," program highlights, discussion & reflection questions and more from the Bill Moyers PBS series Genesis: A Living Conversation.
bullet"'What really matters is not whether Abraham is good or bad or cowardly or heroic, but that God pursues His design for the welfare of the human family with people like that -- in other words, people like us.' - Lewis Smedes."
bullet "The Meaning of Vocation," A.J. Conyers, (other resources at) "Vocation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2004.
bullet"'Vocation' is distorted by two disastrous misunderstandings: a secularized idea of 'career' and a monastic concept of the religious life."
bullet "Biblical Perspectives on the Land," Dennis T. Olson, Word & World, 1986.
bullet "The Ancestor in Danger: But Not the Same Danger," David J.A. Clines.
bullet "Abraham and Sarah," a discussion between Robert Alter, Father Alexander A. DiLella O.F.M., and Kenneth A. Mathews at Genesis Reconsidered by Time.com.
bullet "A Thrice-Told Tale: Genre, Theme, and Motif," David L. Petersen, Biblical Research, 1973.
bullet"We must pass beyond a preliminary label "episode in the patriarchal saga" to a fuller understanding of a text by studying plot, character, setting, and theme."
bullet "The Family in the Bible," James A. Sanders, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2002.
bullet"The whole of the Bible and of Jewish and Christian tradition can be viewed within the tension between the Bible's focus on family, or community worth and responsibility, and its struggle toward affirmation of individual worth and responsibility within the larger family...The current cultural tensions between Islam and the West, and even in the so-called culture wars in this country, are illumined by a socio-cultural reading of the Bible as a whole."
bullet "Terminologische Verknüpfungen und Genesis 12:1-3," W. Warning, Biblica 81 (2000).
bullet"Technical word combinations based on the terms `Abram', `nation', `clan', `to bless', `large' and `to walk' allow one to recognize a close linguistic relationship between the primeval history and the introductory words of the story of the patriarchal narrative."
bulletAbraham and Sarah, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible.
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletBarrick, William D., "The Integration of Theology with Bible Translation," Master's Seminary Journal, 2001.
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bulletEslinger, Lyle, "Prehistory in the Call to Abraham," Biblical Interpretation, 2006.
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bulletEssex, Keith H., "The Abrahamic Covenant," Master's Seminary Journal, 1999.
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bulletGreenberg, Ivan, "The Maturation of Covenant in Judaism and Christianity," The Living Pulpit, 2005.
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bulletHolladay, William L., "A New Beginning: Abraham," The Christian Century, 1996.
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bulletHunter, Alastair G., "Father Abraham: A Structural and Theological Study of the Yahwist's Presentation of the Abraham Material," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1986.
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bulletJones, L. Gregory, "Going and Staying," The Christian Century, 1997.
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bulletKlein, Ralph W., "Call, Covenant, and Community: The Story of Abraham and Sarah," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1988.
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bulletMays, James L., "God Has Spoken: A Meditation on Genesis 12:1-4," Interpretation, 1960.
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bulletMiller, Patrick D., Jr., "Syntax and Theology in Genesis 12:3a," Vetus Testamentum, 1984.
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bulletOlson, Dennis T., "Biblical Perspectives on the Land," Word & World, 1986.
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bulletPetersen, David L., "Genesis and Family Values," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005.
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bulletShenk, Calvin E., "God's Intention for Humankind: The Promise of Community," Mission Studies, 1988.
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bulletZorn, Herbert, "Mission among Muslims: A Sermon Series," Word & World, 1996.
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bulletReviews:
bullet Review: R. Christopher Heard, Dynamics of Diselection: Ambiguity in Genesis 12 - 36 and Ethnic Boundaries in Post-Exilic Judah. Society of Biblical Literature, 2001. Reviewed by E.T. Mullen and Phillip Sherman (2 reviews) in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
bullet Review: Lothar Ruppert, Genesis, ein kritischer und theologischer Kommentar: 11,27 - 25, 18. Echter Verlag, 2002. Reviewed by David L. Petersen in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. (Review is in English.)
bullet Review: Thomas L. Thompson, The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest for the Historical Abraham. Trinity Press International, 2002. Review by John VanSeters in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
bullet Review: Keith N. Grüneberg, Abraham, Blessing and the Nations: A Philological and Exegetical Study of Genesis 12:3 in its Narrative Context. deGruyter, 2003. Review by David Mclain Carr in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
bullet Review: Keith N. Grüneberg, Abraham, Blessing and the Nations: A Philological and Exegetical Study of Genesis 12:3 in its Narrative Context. deGruyter, 2003. Review by Walter A. Vogels, in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
bulletSermons:
bullet "Abraham: The Father of Three Religions," from an Old Testament Sermon Series, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington - Sermons from Seattle.
bullet "The Influence of Influence," 30 Good Minutes, Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1995.
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Abraham - Father of Many Nations," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet "Risking and Trusting with God," Children's Time, in Sermons and Liturgies. Richard J. Fairchild. (Scroll down in liturgies to find Children's Time.)
bullet "A New Home," sample from Help! I'm Leading a Children's Sermon, Marcia Taylor Thompson.
bullet "Abram Leaves Home," The Children's Chapel.
bullet "Abraham Receives a Promise from God," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet "God Calls Abram," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bullet "Journey to Faith," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
bullet "Word Search on Genesis 12," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
bullet Genesis 12:4, memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and Resources for Bible Stories.
bulletDrama:
bullet "We Are on Our Way," A Children's Drama Based on the Abraham Story, by Helen Walter, Reformed Worship.
bullet "The Captain's Promise," Michele Pitman, dramatix.
bulletLiturgy:
bullet "Father Abraham, Mother Sarah," 21st Century Africana Liturgical Resources, Safiyah Fosua. United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art, Genesis 12:2, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
bullet Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
bulletHymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
bulletAt Oremus Hymnal:
bullet Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
bullet Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
bullet Songs of praise the angels sang
bullet Thanks to God whose Word was spoken
bullet The God of Abraham praise
bullet Thy way, not mine, O Lord
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletAbraham
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletAbraham
bulletCall
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Genesis