Genesis 13:14

14 The LORD spoke to Abram after Lot had left him. He said, "Look up from where you are. Look north and south. Look east and west.

Genesis 13:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 13:14

And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated
from him
The Lord appeared unto him as he had before, and with an articulate voice spoke unto him, to comfort him upon the separation of his kinsman from him, and to renew the grant of the land of Canaan to him and his seed, and to assure him, that though Lot had chosen the most delightful and fruitful part of the country, yet it should not be an inheritance to him and his posterity, but the whole land should be Abraham's and his seed's. Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art;
being upon Mount Ephraim, between Bethel and Hai, see ( Genesis 12:8 ) ( 13:3 ) ; from whence his view of the land might be extended very far: northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
the north of the land of Canaan was Mount Lebanon, the south of it Edom or Idumea, the east the plain and river of Jordan, the west the Mediterranean sea; and the word for "westward" here is "to the sea" ^F3; northward of it was Babylon, southward Egypt, eastward Arabia, and westward the Mediterranean sea.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (hmyw) "et ad mare", Montanus, Schmidt.

Genesis 13:14 In-Context

12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan. Lot lived among the cities of the Jordan River valley. He set up his tents near Sodom.

13 The men of Sodom were evil. They were sinning greatly against the Lord.

14 The LORD spoke to Abram after Lot had left him. He said, "Look up from where you are. Look north and south. Look east and west.

15 I will give you all of the land that you see. I will give it to you and your children after you forever.

16 "I will make your children like the dust of the earth. Can dust be counted? If it can, then your children can be counted.