Genesis 13:12-18

12 Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the valley and camped near Sodom,

13 whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.

14 After Lot had left, the Lord said to Abram, "From where you are, look carefully in all directions.

15 I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever. ¹

16 I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!

17 Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you."

18 So Abram moved his camp and settled near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 13:12-18 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

• 1. 13.15Acts 7.5.