Elberfelder Bible (1905) - with Strong’s numbers (GER)

1Und JehovaH3068 sprachH559 zuH7200 AbramH87 : GeheH3212 aus deinem LandeH776 und aus deiner Verwandtschaft und aus deines VatersH1 HauseH1004, in das LandH776, das ich dir zeigen werde. 2Und ich will dich zu einer großen Nation machenH6213 und dich segnenH1288, und ich will deinen NamenH8034 großH1419 machenH1431; und du sollst ein SegenH1293 seinH1431! 3Und ich will segnenH1288, die dich segnenH1288, und wer dir fluchtH7043, den werde ich verfluchenH779; und in dir sollen gesegnetH1288 werden alle GeschlechterH4940 der ErdeH127! 4Und AbramH87 ging hinH3212, wie JehovaH3068 zu ihm geredet hatteH1696, und LotH3876 ging mit ihm; und AbramH87 war fünfundsiebzigH2568 H8141H7657H2568H8141H7657 Jahre altH1121, als er ausH3318 HaranH2771 zogH3212. 5Und AbramH87 nahmH3947 SaraiH8297, sein WeibH802, und LotH3876, seines BrudersH251 SohnH1121, und alle ihre HabeH7399, die sie erworben, und die SeelenH5315, die sie in HaranH2771 gewonnen hattenH7408, und sie zogen ausH3318, um in das LandH776 KanaanH3667 zuH6213 gehenH3212; und sie kamenH935 in das LandH776 KanaanH3667. 6Und AbramH87 durchzog das LandH776 bis zu dem OrteH4725 SichemH7927, bis zur Terebinthe Mores. Und dieH5674 KanaaniterH3669 waren damals im LandeH776. 7Und JehovaH3068 erschienH7200 dem AbramH87 und sprachH559 : Deinem SamenH2233 will ich dieses LandH776 gebenH5414. Und er bauteH1129 daselbst JehovaH3068, der ihm erschienen warH7200, einen AltarH4196. 8UndH3068 er brach aufH6275 von dannen nach dem GebirgeH2022 ostwärts von Bethel undH3068 schlug sein ZeltH168 aufH5186, Bethel gegenH6924 Westen und AiH5857 gegenH6924 Osten; und er bauteH1129 daselbst Jehova einen AltarH4196 und riefH7121 den NamenH8034 Jehovas an. 9Und AbramH87 zogH5265 fort, immer weiterH1980 ziehend, nach dem Süden. 10Es entstand aber eine Hungersnot im LandeH776; und AbramH87 zog nach ÄgyptenH4714 hinabH3381, um sichH1481 daselbst aufzuhalten, denn die Hungersnot war schwerH3515 im LandeH776. 11Und es geschah, als erH935 nahe daran war, nach ÄgyptenH4714 zu kommenH7126, da sprachH559 er zu SaraiH8297, seinem WeibeH802 : SieheH2009 dochH4994, ich weißH3045, daßH834 du ein WeibH802, schönH3303 von AnsehenH4758, bist; 12und es wird geschehen, wenn die ÄgypterH4713 dich sehen, so werdenH7200 sie sagenH559 : Sie ist sein WeibH802; und sie werden michH2026 erschlagen und dich leben lassenH2421. 13SageH559 dochH4994, du seiest meine SchwesterH269, auf daßH4616 esH3190 mir wohlgehe um deinetwillenH1558 und meine SeeleH5315 am Leben bleibeH2421 deinethalben. 14Und es geschah, als AbramH87 in ÄgyptenH4714 ankam, da sahenH7200 die ÄgypterH4713, daß das WeibH802 sehrH3966 schönH3303 warH935. 15Und die FürstenH8269 des PharaoH6547 sahenH7200 sie und priesenH1984 sie dem PharaoH6547; und das WeibH802 wurde inH413 das HausH1004 des PharaoH6547 geholt. 16Und er tatH3190 AbramH87 Gutes um ihretwillen; und er bekam KleinviehH6629 und RinderH1241 und EselH2543 und KnechteH5650 und MägdeH8198 und EselinnenH860 und KameleH1581. 17Und JehovaH3068 schlug den PharaoH6547 und sein HausH1004 mit großenH1419 PlagenH5061 umH1697 SaraisH8297 willen, des WeibesH802 AbramsH87. 18Und der PharaoH6547 ließ AbramH87 rufenH7121 und sprachH559 : Was hast du mirH5046 da getanH6213? Warum hast du mir nicht kundgetan, daß sie dein WeibH802 ist? 19Warum hast du gesagtH559 : Sie istH3947 meine SchwesterH269, so daß ich sie mir zum WeibeH802 nahmH3947? Und nun siehe, da ist dein WeibH802, nimm sie und geheH3212 hin. 20Und der PharaoH6547 entbot seinetwegen MännerH582, und sie geleitetenH7971 ihn und sein WeibH802 und alles, was er hatteH6680.


Matthew Henry - Concise Commentary
 1   God made choice of Abram, and singled him out from among his fellow-idolaters, that he might reserve a people for himself, among whom his true worship might be maintained till the coming of Christ. From henceforward Abram and his seed are almost the only subject of the history in the Bible. Abram was tried whether he loved God better than all, and whether he could willingly leave all to go with God. His kindred and his father's house were a constant temptation to him, he could not continue among them without danger of being infected by them. Those who leave their sins, and turn to God, will be unspeakable gainers by the change. The command God gave to Abram, is much the same with the gospel call, for natural affection must give way to Divine grace. Sin, and all the occasions of it, must be forsaken; particularly bad company. Here are many great and precious promises. All God's precepts are attended with promises to the obedient. 1. I will make of thee a great nation. When God took Abram from his own people, he promised to make him the head of another people. 2. I will bless thee. Obedient believers shall be sure to inherit the blessing. 3. I will make thy name great. The name of obedient believers shall certainly be made great. 4. Thou shalt be a blessing. Good men are the blessings of their country. 5. I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee. God will take care that none are losers, by any service done for his people. 6. In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Jesus Christ is the great blessing of the world, the greatest that ever the world possessed. All the true blessedness the world is now, or ever shall be possessed of, is owing to Abram and his posterity. Through them we have a Bible, a Saviour, and a gospel. They are the stock on which the Christian church is grafted.

 4   Abram believed that the blessing of the Almighty would make up for all he could lose or leave behind, supply all his wants, and answer and exceed all his desires; and he knew that nothing but misery would follow disobedience. Such believers, being justified by faith in Christ, have peace with God. They hold on their way to Canaan. They are not discouraged by the difficulties in their way, nor drawn aside by the delights they meet with. Those who set out for heaven must persevere to the end. What we undertake, in obedience to God's command, and in humble attendance on his providence, will certainly succeed, and end with comfort at last. 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.

 6   Abram found the country peopled by Canaanites, who were bad neighbours. He journeyed, going on still. Sometimes it is the lot of good men to be unsettled, and often to remove into various states. Believers must look on themselves as strangers and sojourners in this world, Hebre 11:8, Hebre 11:13, Hebre 11:14. But observe how much comfort Abram had in God. When he could have little satisfaction in converse with the Canaanites whom he found there, he had abundance of pleasure in communion with that God, who brought him thither, and did not leave him. Communion with God is kept up by the word and by prayer. God reveals himself and his favours to his people by degrees; before, he had promised to show Abram this land, now, to give it to him: as grace is growing, so is comfort. It should seem, Abram understood it also as a grant of a better land, of which this was a type; for he looked for a heavenly country, Hebre 11:16. As soon as Abram was got to Canaan, though he was but a stranger and sojourner there, yet he set up, and kept up, the worship of God in his family. He not only minded the ceremonial part of religion, the offering of sacrifice; but he made conscience of seeking his God, and calling on his name; that spiritual sacrifice with which God is well pleased. He preached concerning the name of the Lord; he taught his family and neighbours the knowledge of the true God, and his holy religion. The way of family worship is a good old way, no new thing, but the ancient usage of the saints. Abram was rich, and had a numerous family, was now unsettled, and in the midst of enemies; yet, wherever he pitched his tent, he built an altar: wherever we go, let us not fail to take our religion along with us.

 10   There is no state on earth free from trials, nor any character free from blemishes. There was famine in Canaan, the glory of all lands, and unbelief, with the evils it ever brings, in Abram the father of the faithful. Perfect happiness and perfect purity dwell only in heaven. Abram, when he must for a time quit Canaan, goes to Egypt, that he might not seem to look back, and meaning to tarry there no longer than needful. There Abram dissembled his relation to Sarai, equivocated, and taught his wife and his attendants to do so too. He concealed a truth, so as in effect to deny it, and exposed thereby both his wife and the Egyptians to sin. The grace Abram was most noted for, was faith; yet he thus fell through unbelief and distrust of the Divine providence, even after God had appeared to him twice. Alas, what will become of weak faith, when strong faith is thus shaken! If God did not deliver us, many a time, out of straits and distresses which we bring ourselves into, by our own sin and folly, we should be ruined. He deals not with us according to our deserts. Those are happy chastisements that hinder us in a sinful way, and bring us to our duty, particularly to the duty of restoring what we have wrongfully taken or kept. Pharaoh's reproof of Abram was very just: What is this that thou hast done? How unbecoming a wise and good man! If those who profess religion, do that which is unfair and deceptive, especially if they say that which borders upon a lie, they must expect to hear of it; and they have reason to thank those who will tell them of it. The sending away was kind. Pharaoh was so far from any design to kill Abram, as he feared, that he took particular care of him. We often perplex ourselves with fears which are altogether groundless. Many a time we fear where no fear is. Pharaoh charged his men not to hurt Abram in any thing. It is not enough for those in authority, that they do not hurt themselves; they must keep their servants and those about them from doing hurt.