Genesis 13:14-15

14 The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "1Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where * you are, 2northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15 3for all the land which you see, 4I will give it to you and to your descendants forever *.

Genesis 13:14-15 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 4

  • 1. Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 34:1-4; Isaiah 49:18
  • 2. Genesis 28:14
  • 3. Genesis 12:7
  • 4. Genesis 13:17; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 17:8; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Acts 7:5

Footnotes 1

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