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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 12:7 - 12:7
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Unto thy seed will I give this land - 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. That land his posterity was for centuries to inhabit as a peculiar people; the seeds of divine knowledge were to be sown there for the benefit of all mankind; and considered in its geographical situation, it was chosen in divine wisdom as the fittest of all lands to serve as the cradle of a divine revelation designed for the whole world.
and there builded he an altar unto the Lord - By this solemn act of devotion Abram made an open profession of his religion, established the worship of the true God, and declared his faith in the promise.