Genesis 13:1-7

Abram and Lot

1 So Abram went up from Egypt to ¹the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

2 Now Abram was ²very 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, ³between Bethel and Ai,

4 to the place of the ⁴altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 Now ⁵Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6 And ⁶the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, ⁷for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

7 ⁸And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now ⁹the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

Genesis 13:1-7 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

• 1. Genesis 12:9
• 2. Genesis 24:35
• 3. Genesis 12:8
• 4. Genesis 12:7, 8
• 5. Genesis 12:5
• 6. Genesis 36:7
• 7. Genesis 12:5, 16; Genesis 13:2
• 8. Genesis 26:20
• 9. Genesis 12:6; Genesis 15:20, 21

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. South country
• [b]. Lit "by his stages"
• [c]. I.e. South country
• [d]. Lit "bear"
• [e]. Lit "to dwell"