- Does text indicate why or where or how or when God spoke to Abram? (Does it matter?)
- Did the previous narrative prepare the reader (or for that matter, Abram) for this mandate?
- In Noah’s case, text speaks of his “finding favor”, being righteous – is there any description of Abram’s character/conduct?
- Is the land to which Abram is to go specified?
- What or who are the “persons” they acquired in Haran? (Genesis 12:5)
- To which land does Abram journey?
- If the Canaanites were then in the land, when was this text written? (Genesis 12:6)
- In Genesis 12:7, is there any detail of how “God appeared to him”?
- What is meant (at Beth El) by the phrase “he invoked God by name”?
- Why does Abram go to Egypt, rather than return to Haran, when there is a famine? (Genesis 12:10)
- As to the narrative in Genesis 12:11–15, what was the alternative? Was there an alternative?
- In Genesis 12:17–20, what role is described for Divinity and with what outcome?
- Does text value (condemn, praise, or otherwise comment) on Abram’s action?
