"And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife."
What necessitated Abraham to go south in the first plac? Obviously there was a famine going on in the land. " 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."(v.10) Abraham had to enter into the mind of Christ of whom the prophet had foretold,"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."( Hosea 11.1). In the gospel we read,"that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son."(Mt.2.15)
Outwardly we have circumstance of nations running helter-skelter in their foolish pursuit going farther from the east but God is preparing to be part of a great nation while Egypt in the will of God was on the way out. "It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations."(Ezek.29.15). Those who took Prophet Jeremiah hostage were cursed. "Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth."(Jer.44.24) God set the boundary of the sea of Egypt for the seed of Abraham so they were cursed to dwell in perpetual desolations called the outer darkness.
God led him to the land of Egypt. Here God plagued the court of Pharaon as promised by God, "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee."(v.3) Abraham's world moving with him carried an envelope and framed by the word made the chastity of Sarah inviolate."And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had."(v.20) Angel of the Lord was his defence.
"And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife."
What necessitated Abraham to go south in the first plac? Obviously there was a famine going on in the land. " 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."(v.10) Abraham had to enter into the mind of Christ of whom the prophet had foretold,"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."( Hosea 11.1). In the gospel we read,"that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son."(Mt.2.15)
Outwardly we have circumstance of nations running helter-skelter in their foolish pursuit going farther from the east but God is preparing to be part of a great nation while Egypt in the will of God was on the way out. "It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations."(Ezek.29.15). Those who took Prophet Jeremiah hostage were cursed. "Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth."(Jer.44.24) God set the boundary of the sea of Egypt for the seed of Abraham so they were cursed to dwell in perpetual desolations called the outer darkness.
God led him to the land of Egypt. Here God plagued the court of Pharaon as promised by God, "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee."(v.3) Abraham's world moving with him carried an envelope and framed by the word made the chastity of Sarah inviolate."And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had."(v.20) Angel of the Lord was his defence.
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