What does Genesis 13:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD."
- 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, tale...
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...
UNTO THE PLACE OF THE ALTAR. To the spot where he had reared an altar, and conducted solemn worship, years before (Genesis 12:8). His heart doubtless longed for his first love, in the land of promise...
ALTAR: shows him to be. worshipper. AT THE FIRST. No worship in Egypt. See note Genesis 13:3....
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...
_UNTO THE PLACE OF THE ALTAR, WHICH HE HAD MADE THERE AT THE FIRST: AND THERE ABRAM CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE LORD._ There Abram called. We find the patriarch here pitching again in the same place, m...
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...
For the name ‘Negeb’ see Genesis 12:9 and the comment. For the name ‘Bethel’ see Genesis 12:8 and the comment....
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...
אֶל ־מְקֹום֙ הַ מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר ־עָ֥שָׂה שָׁ֖ם בָּ † רִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וַ יִּקְרָ֥א שָׁ֛ם אַבְרָ֖ם...
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 p...
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 thi...
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 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...
UNTO THE PLACE OF THE ALTAR, WHICH HE HAD MADE THERE AT THE FIRST,.... When he first came to that place, and before he went down to Egypt: it is not said he came to the altar, but "to the place", wher...
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. Ver. 4. _Unto the place of the altar, &c._] There he had found God to his comfort, a...
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....
Abraham Returns to Canaan...
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...
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...
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 Canaanite...
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 13:4 place H4725 altar H4196 made H6213 (H8804) first H7223 Abram H87 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 LORD H3068 Unto - Genesis 13:18, Genesis 12:7-8, Genesis 35:1-3; Psalms 26:8,
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 actio...
_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...
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...
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 wou...
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...
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...
Unto. Genesis 13:18 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8 Genesis 35:1 Psalms 26:8 Psalms 42:1 Psalms 42:2 Psalms 84:1 Psalms 84:2 Psalms 84:10 called....
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...