Genesis 13:12

_ABRAM DWELLED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, AND LOT DWELLED IN THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN, AND PITCHED HIS TENT TOWARD SODOM._ Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain. Lot, though a good man, was weak in the faith, and therefore too easily induced to conform to the world; whereas Abram, believing "in the city which hath foundations" - in that only which can have foundations, because it is the only one whose foundations are laid in perfect righteousness and perfect truth-the city "whose builder and maker is God," - looked for this, and because he looked for it, would take no portion in the cities of corruption round him, but, dwelling in tents, witnessed against them, and declared plainly that he sought a country, (Trench, 'Huls. Lect.')...

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 he should certainly thrive. But what came of it? Those who, in choosing relations, callings, dwellings, or settlements, are guided and governed by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life, cannot expect God's presence or blessing. They are commonly disappointed even in that which they principally aim at. In all our choices this principle should rule, That is best for us, which is best for our souls. Lot little considered the badness of the inhabitants. The men of Sodom were impudent, daring sinners. This was the iniquity of Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness, Ezekiel 16:49. God often gives great plenty to great sinners. It has often been the ve...

- 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, talent;” related: “bow, bend, go round, dance.” ירדן _yardēn_, Jardan, “descending.” Usually with the article in prose. צער _tso‛ar_, Tso‘ar, “smallness.” 18. ממרא _mamrē'_, Mamre, “fat, strong, ruler.” חברון _chebrôn_, Chebron, “conjunction, confederacy.” Lot has been hitherto kept in association with Abram by the ties of kinma

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 (Genesis 13:14), where perhaps also the element of satisfaction, though in a good sense, is designed to be included. AND BEHELD ALL THE PLAIN. Literally, _all the circle, _or surrounding region (כִּכָּר, from כָּרַר, to move in a circle; cf. _arrondissement, _Fr.; _kreis _or _bezirk, _Ger.); περίχωρος_ _(LXX; Matthew 3:5); now called El

ABRAM DWELT IN THE LAND OF CANAAN,.... In that part of the land strictly so called, where the family of the Canaanites had their abode; for otherwise taking Canaan in a more general sense, the plain of Jordan, and cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, were in the land of Canaan. AND LOT DWELT IN THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN; in the neighbourhood of them, or near those cities, which were built on the plain of Jordan, for he could not dwell in more than one, if in one; for it looks as if at his first settlement he did not dwell in any, but near them all, especially Sodom: since it follows, AND PITCHED [HIS] TENT TOWARD SODOM, or "even unto Sodom" a; and it may be rendered, as it is by some, "he pitched his tents" b, for himself, his family, and his servants, his shepherds and his herdsmen, which reached unto Sodom, and where he afterwards dwelt, at least at the gate of it. a עד סדם "usque Sodom", Pa...

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 of Jehovah (Genesis 13:14) Abram is graciously brought back. Abram could not have remained in Egypt forever. So the believer who has wandered away from the Lord will be restored. How precious the altar at Bethel must have been to him. Dispensationally Abram's going down to Egypt foreshadows the going down of his posterity. Lot's character is brought out in his selfish choice. He had not so much fol

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 overthrow in the mention of its exceeding sinfulness, and the phraseology. But Genesis 13:11 _b_ - Genesis 13:12_ a_ (and they. the Plain) belongs to P, which characteristically avoids all explanation of the separation as due to strife; it was occasioned rather by their abounding wealth. Wellhausen regards Genesis 13:14 as an insertion on the ground that J does not represent Yahweh as speaking to Abraham except in a theophany (but cf....

ABRAM DWELLED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN. As distinguished from the valley of the Jordan, being the portion of Palestine between the valley and the Mediterranean Sea. At. later period the term had. wider signification and took in Gilead, east of the Jordan. LOT DWELLED IN THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN. The cities of the Jordan Valley. These were five in number, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim and Zoar, and located in the vale of Siddim, supposed to be partly covered now by the lower and shallow portion of the Dead Sea. AND PITCHED HIS TENT TOWARDS SODOM. Literally, "Tented unto or at Sodom." Probably. more disgusting wickedness never prevailed in any place than in Sodom, yet Lot, in the hope of gain, was willing to make it his residence. No religious man, in choosing. home, ought to disregard his social surroundings....

CITIES. one of the cities. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole). See App-6. Greek "among the cities". Compare Genesis 13:18. TOWARD SODOM. See note on Genesis 13:7....

ABRAM DWELLED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN— That is, of the _Canaanites,_ peculiarly so called, see Genesis 12:6 for if Canaan be taken in its extensive sense, then Lot dwelt in Canaan also: or, perhaps, the sacred historian may mean to inform us, that Abram continued to dwell in the LAND, i.e.. in the country, and in tents; while Lot removed towards, and took up his habitation in, the CITIES, where we afterwards find him; ch. 19: The Vulgate renders it: "But Lot continued in the towns which were about Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom....