Genesis 13:5

5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

Genesis 13:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
ESV
5 And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,
NLT
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.
MSG
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents.
CSB
5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

Genesis 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 13:5

And Lot also, which went with Abram
into Egypt, and was now come back with him; had flocks, and herds, and tents;
flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, of oxen, asses and camels, and tents for himself and his servants to dwell in, and put his substance in.

Genesis 13:5 In-Context

3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
4 and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.
7 And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 11:27
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