George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Genesis 13:11
From the east of Pentapolis to Sodom, (Menochius) or to the east of the place where Abram was, as Onkelos has it. The Hebrew may signify either. (Grotius.)
From the east of Pentapolis to Sodom, (Menochius) or to the east of the place where Abram was, as Onkelos has it. The Hebrew may signify either. (Grotius.)
Verse Genesis 13:11. _THEN LOT CHOSE HIM ALL THE PLAIN_] A little civility or good breeding is of great importance in the concerns of life. Lot either had none, or did not profit by it. He certainly...
- Abram and Lot Separate 7. פרזי _perı̂zı̂y_, Perizzi, “descendant of Paraz.” פרז _pārāz_, “leader,” or inhabitant of the plain or open country. 10. ככר _kı̂kar_, “circle, border, vale, cake, talen...
CHAPTER 13 THE RETURN FROM EGYPT AND SEPARATION FROM LOT _ 1. Back to Bethel (Genesis 13:1)_ 2. The strife (Genesis 13:5) 3. The separation. Lot in Sodom (Genesis 13:8) 4. The third communication...
GENESIS 13. THE SEPARATION OF ABRAHAM AND LOT. In the main from J, as is shown by the frequent mention of Yahweh, the reference to the garden of Yahweh, the preparation for the story of Sodom's overth...
THEN LOT CHOSE HIM ALL THE PLAIN OF JORDAN. In choosing this rich valley and excluding his uncle from it, Lot fancied that he had made. crafty choice. It was. selfish choice, an unwise choice, and the...
CHOSE. Lot lifted up his own eyes (Genesis 13:10), and made his own choice. Compare Abram, Genesis 13:14....
_So Lot chose_ This verse points onward both to the catastrophe in 19 and to the dwelling-place of the Moabites and Ammonites. Lot's selection (_a_) disregarded the rights of Abram his senior; (_b_) w...
DISCOURSE: 21 SEPARATION OF ABRAM AND LOT Genesis 13:8. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. I...
LOT CHOSE HIM ALL THE PLAIN OF JORDAN— Struck as he was with the beauty of the country, without any regard to the manners of the inhabitants; which became afterwards, as we shall see, a source of much...
PART TWENTY-SEVEN THE STORY OF ABRAHAM: ABRAHAM AND LOT (Gen., chs. 13, 14) _1. The Biblical Account (ch. 13_) _And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with hi...
_THEN LOT CHOSE HIM ALL THE PLAIN OF JORDAN; AND LOT JOURNEYED EAST: AND THEY SEPARATED THEMSELVES THE ONE FROM THE OTHER._ Then Lot chose him all the plain - a choice excellent in a worldly point of...
THE HISTORY OF ABRAHAM At this point the specific purpose of the writer of the Pentateuch begins to appear more clearly. Speaking generally, that purpose is to trace the development of the kingdom of...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 13 ABRAM AND LOT SEPARATE V1 So Abram left Egypt. He took his wife. He took everything that he had. And Lot went with him. They went into the Nege...
Later, Lot realised that this was a bad choice. (See Genesis 19:24-25.) Abram had better land....
LOT JOURNEYED EAST. — This is the word translated “eastward” in Genesis 2:8, and “from the east” in Genesis 11:2. Here it can only mean _towards the east. _...
וַ יִּבְחַר ־לֹ֣ו לֹ֗וט אֵ֚ת כָּל ־כִּכַּ֣ר
LOT'S SEPARATION FROM ABRAM Genesis 13:1 ABRAM left Egypt thinking meanly of himself, highly of God. This humble frame of mind is disclosed in the route he chooses; he went straight back "unto the pl...
ABRAM AND LOT PART Genesis 13:1 The patriarch, like a restored backslider, made his way back to the old spot, on the highlands of Bethel, where his first tent and altar had stood. Through his wanderi...
Thus, delivered by the divine intervention, Abram set his face again toward the line of the divine purpose and returned to Bethel. In this act is seen the victory of faith over failure. It was at this...
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the (h) one from the other. (h) This was done by God's providence, that only Abram and his seed might...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
_THE WORLDLY CHOICE_ ‘And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where.… Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan.’ Genesis 13:10 The lesson to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. After this (chap. 13) we have, in the conduct of Abram and Lot, the disinterestedness and self-renunciation of true faith on the one hand, and, on...
THEN LOT CHOSE HIM ALL THE PLAIN OF JORDAN,.... Because of its good pasturage, and because of the plenty of water there; the want of both which was the inconvenience he had laboured under, and had occ...
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Ver. 11. _And they separated themselves the one from the other._] But not ver...
1 Abram and Lot returne out of Egypt. 7 By disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God renueth the promise to Abram. 18 He remoueth to Hebron, and there buildeth an Altar....
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other....
LOT'S CHOICE; THE SEPARATION...
SECOND SECTION _Abram as a witness for God in Canaan, and his self-denying separation from Lot. The New Promise of God. His altar in Hain (oaks) Mamre_ GENESIS 13:1-18 1And Abram went up out of Egyp...
RECOVERY At last Abram "went up," leaving Egypt behind and coming into the south of the land of Canaan. Again Lot is mentioned as accompanying his uncle Abram. But Abram had been greatly enriched in E...
10-13 Abram having offered Lot the choice, he at once accepted it. Passion and selfishness make men rude. Lot looked to the goodness of the land; therefore he doubted not that in such a fruitful soil...
LOT JOURNEYED EAST; Heb. _from the east, _ or _eastward, _ as the Hebrew particle _min_ is sometimes used: see GENESIS 2:8 2 SAMUEL 2:2, compared with 1 CHRONICLES 13:6....
The opening of this chapter presents to us a subject of immense interest to the heart, namely, the true character of divine restoration. When the child of God has, in any way, declined in his spiritua...
Genesis 13:11 Lot H3876 chose H977 (H8799) plain H3603 Jordan H3383 Lot H3876 journeyed H5265 (H8799) east...
‘So Lot chose for himself all the Circle of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.' So Lot makes his choice. He will dwell among the cities of the plain....
Genesis 13:10 That Lot was a good man in the ground of his character there is no reason to doubt. But good men have their besetting sins. Lot's was worldliness, and it cost him dear. I. Consider some...
Genesis 13:10 The lesson to be gained from the history of Abraham and Lot is obviously this: that nothing but a clear apprehension of things unseen, a simple trust in God's promises, and the greatness...
CONTENTS: Abram's return to the land and the altar. Separation from Lot. Lots backsliding and choice of the land. CHARACTERS: Abram, Lot. CONCLUSION: Material blessings are often accompanied by mora...
Genesis 13:2. _Very rich._ Here is another proof of God's fidelity in fulfilling his promises to Abraham. This has often been the lot of faithful men. Genesis 13:9. _Separate thyself._ Generous action...
_Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan_ ABRAHAM AND LOT The lesson to be gained from the history of Abraham and Lot is obviously this: that nothing but a clear apprehension of things unseen, a simpl...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 13:1 Expelled from Egypt, Abram retraces his steps northward, through the Negeb, back to the hill country between Bethel and Ai where he had previously built an altar (Genesis...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 13:11 Lot’s decision to settle AMONG THE CITIES OF THE VALLEY brings him into the vicinity of Sodom. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 13:10. Jordan] The first reference to this river—the only one in the country which flows through the entire summer.—PLAIN OF JORDAN] Lit. _the circle of Jordan_—the environs....
EXPOSITION GENESIS 13:10 AND LOT LIFTED UP HIS EYES. _Circumspexit_;_ _with a look of eager, lustful greed (cf. Genesis 3:6). The same expression is afterwards used of Abram ...
Thirteenth chapter of the book of Genesis. In chapter twelve, we find that Abraham had gone down into Egypt because of the famine. And there as the result of a lack of faith and trust in God to take c...
A.M. 2087. B.C. 1917. chose. Genesis 19:17 they. Genesis 13:9 Genesis 13:14 Psalms 16:3...
WHERE LOOKEST THOU Genesis 13:8; _Genesis 18:20; Genesis 19:25_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our Scripture today presents four looks toward Sodom. 1. There was the look of Lot, or the look of worldly adv
ABRAM AND LOT Genesis 13:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us bring before you the "as" and "so" of the Lord's Return. The days of Lot are likened unto the days of the Coming of the Son of Man. Our Lord di...