Genesis 13:14

14 ADONAI said to Avram, after Lot had moved away from him, "Look all around you from where you are, to the north, the south, the east and the 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 Avram lived in the land of Kena'an; and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, setting up his tent near S'dom.

13 Now the men of S'dom were evil, committing great sins against ADONAI.

14 ADONAI said to Avram, after Lot had moved away from him, "Look all around you from where you are, to the north, the south, the east and the west.

15 All the land you see I will give to you and your descendants forever,

16 and I will make your descendants as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth - so that if a person can count the specks of dust on the earth, then your descendants can be counted.