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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Genesis 13:9

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 easily gathered both from the words of this and Genesis 13:11, and from the nature of the thing. And the Hebrew language being a concise or short language, such supplements are frequently necessary, and very usual. Compare 2 Chronicles 10:11, with 1 Kings 12:11 2 Samuel 23:8, with 1 Chronicles 11:11.

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See also Genesis 13:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 13:9. Is _NOT THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE THEE._] As the patriarch or head of the family, Abram, by prescriptive right, might have _chosen_ his own portion first, and _appointed_ Lot his; but...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    IS NOT THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE THEE? The land of Canaan had been given to Abraham and his seed; he had the divine charter for its possession. He was the patriarch of the tribe, and in every way the supe...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IS NOT THE WHOLE LAND, &C. Figure of speech _Erotesis_. THOU WILT TAKE. Figure of speech _Complex Ellipsis._ See App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the whole land_, &c. Abram's offer is made with the elaborate profuseness and courtesy characteristic of an Oriental bargain: cf. Genesis 23:11-16; 2 Samuel 24:21-24....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THERE WAS A STRIFE BETWEEN THE HERDMEN OF ABRAM'S CATTLE AND THE HERDMEN OF LOT'S CATTLE: AND THE CANAANITE AND THE PERIZZITE DWELLED THEN IN THE LAND._ And there was a strife. Strife from simil...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Abram was very kind to Lot. He allowed Lot to choose where he would live. Abram would live on the land that Lot did not choose....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LET THERE BE NO STRIFE. — It is evident that Lot was beginning to take part with his herdmen, and regard himself as an injured man. But Abram meets him with the utmost generosity, acknowledges that th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ לֹ֤א כָל ־הָ אָ֨רֶץ֙ לְ פָנֶ֔יךָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt (f) take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._Is not the whole land before thee ? _Here is that moderation of which I have spoken; namely, that Abram for the sake of appeasing strifes voluntarily sacrifices his own right. For as ambition and t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [IS] NOT THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE THEE?.... Signifying, that though there were not room and convenience for them both in that part of the country in which they were, yet there were in other parts; and th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Genesis 13:9 [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 13:8...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Lot Chooses the Plain of Sodom...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-9 Riches not only afford matter for strife, and are the things most commonly striven about; but they also stir up a spirit of contention, by making people proud and covetous. Mine and thine are the...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 13:9 land H776 before H6440 separate H6504 (H8734) left H8040 right H3231 (H8686) right H3225 left...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife, I beg you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen. For we are close relatives. Is not the whole land in front of you? Separate y...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Is not the whole land before thee?_ THE GOODLY LAND IN PROSPECT In many respects the earthly Canaan was typical of the heavenly. The heavenly Canaan is-- I. A LAND OF PROMISE (1 John 2:25; Revelati...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _There was a strife between the herdmen_ STRIFE BETWEEN BRETHREN I. AS TO THE CAUSES OF IT. 1. Worldly prosperity. 2. The mean ambition of ignoble souls associated with us. 3. The want of the obl...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 13:5. Tents] Including their occupants, as wives, children, and domestics. Thus we have in 1 Chronicles 4:41: “Smote their tents, _i.e._ those who occupied them.”— Genesis 13...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 13:1 AND ABRAM WENT UP OUT OF EGYPT, HE AND HIS WIFE. A special mercy that either of them returned, considering the sin they had committed and the peril in which they had been plac...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Is not. Genesis 20:15 Genesis 34:10 if thou wilt. Psalms 120:7 Romans 12:18...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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