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Genesis 13:2-12

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2 Now Abram was 1very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
3 He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where * his tent had been at the beginning, 2between Bethel and Ai,
4 to the place of the 3altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5 Now 4Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 And 5the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, 6for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.
7 7And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now 8the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.
8 9So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
9 "Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left."
10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the 10valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere -this was before the LORD 11destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah -like 12the garden of the LORD, 13like the land of Egypt as you go to 14Zoar.
11 So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.
12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in 15the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.
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Genesis 13:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 13

This chapter gives an account of the return of Abram from Egypt to the land of Canaan, and to the same place in it he had been before, Ge 13:1-4 and of a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot, and the occasion of it, Ge 13:5-7 which was composed by the prudent proposal of Abram, Ge 13:8,9 upon which they parted; Abram continued in Canaan, and Lot chose the plain of Jordan, and dwelt near Sodom, a place infamous for wickedness, Ge 13:10-13 after which the Lord renewed to Abram the grant of the land of Canaan to him, and to his seed, Ge 13:14-17 and then he removed to the plain of Mamre in Hebron, and there set up the worship of God, Ge 13:18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 15

  • 1. Genesis 24:35
  • 2. Genesis 12:8
  • 3. Genesis 12:7, 8
  • 4. Genesis 12:5
  • 5. Genesis 36:7
  • 6. Genesis 12:5, 16; Genesis 13:2
  • 7. Genesis 26:20
  • 8. Genesis 12:6; Genesis 15:20, 21
  • 9. Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 20:3
  • 10. Genesis 19:17-29; Deuteronomy 34:3
  • 11. Genesis 19:24
  • 12. Genesis 2:8, 10
  • 13. Genesis 47:6
  • 14. Genesis 14:2, 8; Genesis 19:22; Deuteronomy 34:3
  • 15. Genesis 14:2; Genesis 19:24, 25, 29

Footnotes 9

  • [a] Lit "by his stages"
  • [b] I.e. South country
  • [c] Lit "bear"
  • [d] Lit "to dwell"
  • [e] Lit "circle"
  • [f] Lit "circle"
  • [g] Lit "dwelt"
  • [h] Lit "dwelt"
  • [i] Lit "circle"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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