Genesis 13:5

5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents.

Genesis 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 13:5

And Lot also, which went with Abram
into Egypt, and was now come back with him; had flocks, and herds, and tents;
flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, of oxen, asses and camels, and tents for himself and his servants to dwell in, and put his substance in.

Genesis 13:5 In-Context

3 He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai
4 and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God.
5 Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents.
6 But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there -
7 quarrels broke out between Abram's shepherds and Lot's shepherds. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living on the land at the time.
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