Lux Domini

Genesis  12:10

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

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Interpretation

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.

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This thought runs through Genesis 12:10-13.

Genesis 12:10 Genesis 12:11 Genesis 12:12 Genesis 12:13

Glossary

Canaan Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Canaan.
Egypt Place
The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.