Genesis 12:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 Afterward removing [a]thence unto a mountain Eastward from Bethel, he pitched his tent having Bethel on the West side, and Ai on the East, and there he built an [b]altar unto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.
9 [c]Again Abram went forth going and journeying toward the South.
10 ¶ Then there came a [d]famine in the land: therefore Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there: for there was a great famine in the land.
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- Genesis 12:8 Because of the troubles that he had among that wicked people.
- Genesis 12:8 And so served the true God, and renounced all idolatry.
- Genesis 12:9 Thus the children of God may look for no rest in this world, but must wait for the heavenly rest and quietness.
- Genesis 12:10 This was a new trial of Abram’s faith: whereby we see that the end of one affliction is the beginning of another.
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