GENESIS CHAPTER 13 Abram returns from Egypt to Canaan with Lot, GENESIS 13:1. He comes to Beth-el; calls on the Lord, GENESIS 13:3,4. Abram and Lot being both very rich are obliged to part. Lot goes to Sodom, GENESIS 13:5. The men of Sodom exceeding wicked, GENESIS 13:13. God renews his promise to A... [ Continue Reading ]
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HE WENT ON HIS JOURNEY, or rather, _according to his journeys, _ which he took as he came, going in the same road, and resting in the same place, of which he had experience.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE PLACE OF THE ALTAR, i.e. where the altar was; for the altar itself was either fallen down, as being probably built of earth, as afterwards, EXODUS 20:24, or overthrown by the wicked Canaanites. He worshipped God by prayer, and preaching to his family, GENESIS 18:19, and offering sacrifices.... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE CANAANITE, i.e. the Canaanites, as GENESIS 12:6, the singular number for the plural, as PSALMS 78:45, PSALMS 105:33,40. DWELLED THEN IN THE LAND, i.e. were the lords and owners of it; and therefore Abram and Lot could not take what pastures they pleased, but such as the others left them, which w... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAM SAID UNTO LOT. The elder, and wiser, and worthier person relinquisheth his own right to his inferior for peace sake, leaving us a noble example for our imitation. _Between me and thee, and between; _ or, _or between, _ & c., _and_ for _or, _ as EXODUS 21:17 PSALMS 8:4, compared with MATTHEW 15... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE THEE? i.e. open to thy view, and free to choose which part thou pleasest, as thou canst agree with the owners: I give thee full power to choose before me. See a like phrase, GENESIS 20:15, GENESIS 34:10,21 47:6. THOU WILT TAKE: this and the following supplement are easil... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLAIN OF JORDAN, a great plain so called, because there the pleasant river Jordan divided itself into divers little streams or rivulets, which having no visible outlet into the sea, by degrees, and in several places, insinuated themselves into the earth, which made it very fruitful and excellent... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Eminent, noted, and impudent sinners; see GENESIS 18:20 EZEKIEL 16:49; which is here added as a secret reproof to Lot, who was either careless in his inquiry into the dispositions and manners of those among whom he intended to fix his abode, which for many reasons he should have searched out; or he... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SAID this UNTO ABRAM, to comfort him now when he was alone, and in a worse soil than Lot had chosen.... [ Continue Reading ]
OBJECT. Abram could see but a little part of the land. ANSW. 1. He might now possibly be upon a mountain, from whence he might have a large prospect every way. 2. He gave him all that he saw, but not only that, but also the rest of the land, and therefore he bids him _walk through_ and view _the w... [ Continue Reading ]
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MAMRE was an Amorite of great note, from whom the city Hebron was called Mamre, GENESIS 23:19, a friend and confederate of Abram, GENESIS 14:13, by whom it is thought he was brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God. IN HEBRON; or, _near Hebron; _ for so the Hebrew _Beth_ is sometimes tak... [ Continue Reading ]