{"id":36272,"date":"2018-07-29T16:41:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T13:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=36272"},"modified":"2022-02-20T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T09:18:09","slug":"chapter-summary-gen12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/chapter-summary-gen12\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter Summary &#8211; Gen12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"36272","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":false,"related_cahpter":"12","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Chapter 12: \u201cGo forth\u201d- an order, a mission, a blessing\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGo forth\u201d (12:1) are the first two words that God says to Abraham (whose name is currently \u00a0Abram); they are an order which is also a blessing, a mission, and a promise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order: to leave his homeland and go to an unknown land. (Really unknown as it says in Genesis 12:1 &#8220;to the land that I will show you.\u201d He leaves the GPS with God until it says &#8220;you have reached your destination.&#8221;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose: for the first time in the Bible, there is a horizon. Abram will be a nation that &#8230; will bring a blessing to humanity. How? To deal with this, there are a few more books in the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The blessing: the word \u201cblessing\u201d is repeated five times in two verses (verses 2-3). A blessing is guaranteed to Abram. End of discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chapter is conducted in three geographical segments:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first segment (verses 1-5) &#8211; from Haran to Canaan God guides Abram, Sari, Lot (his nephew) and all their possessions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the second segment (verses 6-9), the \u201csteering wheel\u201d passes into the hands of Abram, who passes through Canaan along the the entire length of the mountain from north to south pitching tents, building altars and calling on God&#8217;s name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third segment (verses 10-20) seems somewhat surprising. There is a famine in the land. The same land to which Abram was sent by divine decree. \u00a0Until now he did exactly what was expected of him. What should he do now? God does not give him any instructions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abraham takes the wheel and goes down to Egypt where there is food. In Egypt the story gets complicated, and Sarai is taken into Pharaoh&#8217;s palace. Only by divine intervention does the event end on a good note and with great property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Points To Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In previous chapters the blessing was for all humanity; so too was the covenant. Here is a turning point. The blessing that is for Abram and his journey will yield a blessing for all the families of the earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The blessing to Abram includes the promise of &#8220;I will make your name great&#8221; (verse 2). For those who remember the previous chapter, the plan of the builders of the Tower of Babel was \u201cto make for ourselves a name&#8221; (11: 4). \u00a0The latter was not acceptable. Apparently when it comes to greatness, there is a significant difference between promoting yourself and God choosing you to be great.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abram is not the first to bring a sacrifice. However, the offerings of Cain and Abel and Noah&#8217;s sacrifice were one-time events. Abram builds altars in an orderly fashion. This is perhaps the expression of the establishment of a new religion: the beginning of routine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our chapter, for the first time the founding promise &#8220;I will assign this land to your offspring&#8221; (verse 7) is stated.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The depraved morality of Egypt, according to which a beautiful woman is taken to the king and her husband taken out for execution, brings Abram to a problematic solution. He forsakes Sarai and as a result of what happens to her \u201cit went well with Abram\u201d (verse 16). What would have happened if God had not intervened?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is interesting whether the famine (which caused him to go to Egypt) ends when the story is over. 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