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Verse Genesis 13:10. _LIKE THE LAND OF EGYPT, AS THOU COMEST UNTO
ZOAR._] There is an obscurity in this verse which _Houbigant_ has
removed by the following translation: _Ea autem, priusquam Sodomam_...
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- 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...
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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...
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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...
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III.. SELFISH CHOICE.
10. AND LOT LIFTED UP HIS EYES.
Instead of reciprocating the magnanimity of one to whom he was so much
indebted, Lot determined to accept the offer and to make the most out
of i...
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WELL WATERED. Great contrast with Palestine after the famine; and
likeness to the fertility of Egypt.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
SODOM. flaming, burning.
GOMORRAH. people of fear: already...
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_And Lot lifted up his eyes_ The spot near Bethel, from which the view
described in this verse can be obtained, is easily identified.
Travellers speak in glowing terms of the scene commanded by this p...
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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...
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AND LOT LIFTED UP, &C.— This verse has much perplexed the
Commentators, especially as it stands in our version: where the words
_as thou comest unto Zoar_ are joined to _the land AEgypt,_ when the
fir...
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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...
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_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...
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13:10 plain (a-11) 'Circle.' used for the plain at the mouth of the
Jordan, most of which was afterwards covered by the Salt sea. Ch.
14.3. Sodom (b-24) Burning. Gomorrah; (c-26) Submersion. Zoar. (d-...
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If they were standing on the 'mountain east of Bethel' (Genesis 12:8;
Genesis 13:3), Lot would look eastward over the fertile Ghôr or
Jordan valley, whilst in all other directions only the barren
lime...
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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...
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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...
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‘The region round Zoar was like Egypt.’ Egypt was a flat country
and the region round Zoar was flat. The river Nile provided plenty of
water for Egypt so that crops grew well. And the river Jordan pro...
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THE PLAIN OF JORDAN. — This word, _Ciccar,_ literally means the
_circuit,_ or, as it is translated in St. Matthew 3:5, “the region
round about Jordan,” and, according to Mr. Conder (_Tent Work,_ ii.,...
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וַ יִּשָּׂא ־לֹ֣וט אֶת ־עֵינָ֗יו וַ
יַּרְא֙
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, [even] as the (g) garden of the LORD, like the lan...
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And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egyp...
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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...
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_THE WORLDLY CHOICE_
‘And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan,
that it was well watered every where.… Then Lot chose him all the
plain of Jordan.’
Genesis 13:10
The lesson to...
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10._And Lot lifted up his eyes_. As the equity of Abram was worthy of
no little praise; so the inconsideration of Lot, which Moses here
describes, is deserving of censure. He ought rather to have cont...
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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...
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AND LOT LIFTED UP HIS EYES,.... He immediately fell in with Abram's
proposal, but had not the ingenuity to return back the choice to Abram
which he gave him, but took the advantage of it; nor did he s...
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And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of...
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Gen. 13:10. "And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of
Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the...
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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....
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LOT'S CHOICE; THE SEPARATION...
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And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
was well watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, an...
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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...
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Genesis 13:10 Lot H3876 lifted H5375 (H8799) eyes H5869 saw H7200
(H8799) plain H3603 Jordan H3383 watered...
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‘And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the Circle of Jordan, that
it was well watered everywhere before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt as you g...
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Genesis 13:10
The lesson to be gained from the history of Abraham and Lot is
obviously this: that nothing but a clear apprehension of things
unseen, a simple trust in God's promises, and the greatness...
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Genesis 13:10
That Lot was a good man in the ground of his character there is no
reason to doubt. But good men have their besetting sins. Lot's was
worldliness, and it cost him dear.
I. Consider some...
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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...
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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...
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_Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan_
ABRAHAM AND LOT
The lesson to be gained from the history of Abraham and Lot is
obviously this: that nothing but a clear apprehension of things
unseen, a simpl...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 13:10. Jordan] The first reference to this river—the only
one in the country which flows through the entire summer.—PLAIN OF
JORDAN] Lit. _the circle of Jordan_—the environs....
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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 ...
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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...
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and beheld. Genesis 3:6 Genesis 6:2 Numbers 32:1 #ff. 1 John 2:15 1
John 2:16 the pla
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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
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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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The garden of the Lord — That is, paradise....