Genesis 13:1-9

1 Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.

2 Abram was a very rich man, with sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as silver and gold.

3 Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped before

4 and had built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord.

5 Lot also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and servants.

6 And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together, because they had too many animals.

7 So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)

8 Then Abram said to Lot, "We are relatives, and your men and my men shouldn't be quarreling.

9 So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other."

Genesis 13:1-9 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.