Genesis 13:11-18

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 1the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.
13 Now 2the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and 3sinners against the LORD.
14 The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "4Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where * you are, 5northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15 6for all the land which you see, 7I will give it to you and to your descendants forever *.
16 "I will make your descendants 8as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.
17 "Arise, 9walk about the land through its length and breadth; for 10I will give it to you."
18 Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the 11oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built 12an altar to the LORD.

Genesis 13:11-18 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.

Cross References 12

  • 1. Genesis 14:2; Genesis 19:24, 25, 29
  • 2. Genesis 18:20; Ezekiel 16:49
  • 3. Genesis 39:9; Numbers 32:23; 2 Peter 2:7, 8
  • 4. Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 34:1-4; Isaiah 49:18
  • 5. Genesis 28:14
  • 6. Genesis 12:7
  • 7. Genesis 13:17; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 17:8; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Acts 7:5
  • 8. Genesis 16:10; Genesis 28:14; Numbers 23:10
  • 9. Numbers 13:17-24
  • 10. Genesis 13:15
  • 11. Genesis 14:13
  • 12. Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7, 8

Footnotes 9

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