Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 12:1

1. NOW the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers house , unto a land that I will shew thee .

To wit, in Ur of the Chaldees, by comparing Gen. 11. 31. with Act. 7. 3, 4. or, did say, again, i. e. renewed the command in Haran, whilest Abram might possibly linger there, as afterwards Lot did in Sodom, longer than he should. But the former interpretation is more probable, because Moses speaks here of that command of God which came to Abram before he was gone from his kindred and fathers house, and therefore before he came to Haran. And this command was given to Abram either immediately, or by Sem, then the Governour of God's Church.

From the Family of Nachor, which was now become idolatrous, Gen. 31. 30. Ios. 24. 2. and consequently, their society was dangerous and pernicious; and therefore God mercifully snatcheth him as a brand out of the Fire.

Which as yet he nameth not for the greater tryal and exercise of Abrams faith and patience, Compare Isa. 41. 2. Heb. 11. 8.

Marginal references: Heb. and the Lord said, &c.; Act. 7. 3.; Chap. 31. 3.