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Genesis 13:1-18

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 moral blight. Let nature range where it will, it can never take faith's treasure.

Key Word: Separation, Genesis 13:9.

Strong Verses: Genesis 13:4; Genesis 13:17; Genesis 13:18.

Striking Facts: Lot pictures a professing Christian trying to make the best of both worlds, Genesis 13:12.

He who puts God and Christ first will never be bereft of that which is best for him.

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See also Genesis 13:1-18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XIII _Abram and his family return out of Egypt to Canaan_, 1, 2. _He revisits Beth-el, and there invokes the Lord_, 3, 4. _In consequence of the great increase in the flocks of Abram_ _and...

  • 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

    LOT'S CHOICE. -- Genesis 13:1-13. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness._ -- Matthew 6:33. TIME. --About B.&nbp;C. 1917. PLACE. --Southeastern Palestine. HELPFUL READ...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UP. Palestine an ascent from Egypt. SOUTH. Hebrew. _the Negeb,_ S. of Judea, N. from Egypt. Compare Genesis 11:9....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Genesis 12:10 to Genesis 13:2. Abram in Egypt. (J.) The narrative in this section should be compared with the similar ones in 20, 26. It is repellent to our sense of honour, chivalry, and purity. It...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _went up out of Egypt_ Cf. Genesis 12:10, "went down into Egypt." Egypt is always regarded as the low-lying country; and Palestine as the high ground. _Lot with him_ Lot was not mentioned in the prev...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    INTO THE SOUTH— Into the south of Canaan....

  • 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 ABRAM WENT UP OUT OF EGYPT, HE, AND HIS WIFE, AND ALL THAT HE HAD, AND LOT WITH HIM, INTO THE SOUTH._ Went up ... south. Palestine being a highland country, the entrance from Egypt by its southe...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    13:1 south. (b-23) _ Negeb_ , 'south country.' name for the region of Canaan (Judah) bordering on the desert....

  • 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

    For the name ‘Negeb’ see Genesis 12:9 and the comment. For the name ‘Bethel’ see Genesis 12:8 and the comment....

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XIII. ABRAM’S RETURN FROM EGYPT AND HIS SEPARATION FROM LOT. (1-4) HE WENT ON HIS JOURNEYS. — Or, _according to his stations,_ which the Vulgate very reasonably translates, “by the same route by whic...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּעַל֩ אַבְרָ֨ם מִ מִּצְרַ֜יִם ה֠וּא וְ

  • 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

    And (a) Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. (a) His great riches gotten in Egypt, did not hinder him in following his vocation....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS The history of the Patriarch Abram, is continued through the whole of this Chapter. He is still in his pilgrimage state, wandering and removing under the guidance of Heaven, from one place to...

  • 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

    1._And Abram went up out of Egypt_. In the commencement of the chapter, Moses commemorates the goodness of God in protecting Abram; whence it came to pass, that he not only returned in safety, but too...

  • 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

    AND ABRAM WENT UP OUT OF EGYPT,.... That country lying low, and so more easy to be watered by the river Nile, as it was, and Canaan being higher; whither he went, but not till the famine in Canaan cea...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. Ver. 1. _And Abram went up out of Egypt._] There must be likewise daily ascensions in our hear...

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

    _Into the south_ That is, the southern part of Canaan, from whence he had come, Genesis 12:9, which, however, was north-east of Egypt. The Scriptures being written principally for the Jews, its langua...

  • 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

    Abraham Returns to Canaan...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. Together with Lot, who, as we learn here, had accompanied him into Egypt, Abram now returns to C...

  • 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

    1-4 Abram was very rich: he was very heavy, so the Hebrew word is; for riches are a burden; and they that will be rich, do but load themselves with thick clay, Habakkuk 2:6. There is a burden of care...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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 t...

  • 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 13:1 Abram H87 up H5927 (H8799) Egypt H4714 wife H802 Lot H3876 South H5045 the south -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negev.' The sentence confirms immediately that Abram had been accompanied by his family tribe and by...

  • 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

    _Abraham went up out of Egypt_ THE BELIEVER LEARNING FROM HIS GREAT ENEMY It is an old saying that “It is lawful to learn from an enemy. ” The patriarch had sojourned in the world’s kingdom, and ha...

  • 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 13:1. Went up out of Egypt] In the language of the Jew the direction to Jerusalem from every quarter was upwards; besides, Egypt was a low-lying country and the traveller woul...

  • 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

    A.M. 2086. B.C. 1918. the south. Genesis 12:9 #ff. Genesis 20:1 Genesis 21:33 Joshua 10:40...

  • 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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