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Genesis 13:14-17

GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 13:14 At this stage, Abram still has no children.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 13:14. _THE LORD SAID UNTO ABRAM_] It is very likely that the angel of the covenant appeared to Abram in _open day_, when he could take a distinct view of the length and the breadth of...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LOOK. Note Abraham's four "looks": Genesis 13:14 (earth); Genesis 15:5 (heaven); Genesis 18:2 (Jehovah); Genesis 22:13 (a substitute)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _northward and southward_, &c. The promise here includes, in the future possession of Israel, the land which Lot had chosen for himself....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE LORD, &C.— No sooner was Lot separated from Abram, than the Lord appears again to him, both to console him, to renew his promise with him, and to assure him that his posterity should certainly...

  • 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 THE LORD SAID UNTO ABRAM, AFTER THAT LOT WAS SEPARATED FROM HIM, LIFT UP NOW THINE EYES, AND LOOK FROM THE PLACE WHERE THOU ART NORTHWARD, AND SOUTHWARD, AND EASTWARD, AND WESTWARD:_ Lift ... th...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD SAID UNTO ABRAM. — The departure of Lot was certainly a great grief to Abram; for he lost thereby the companionship of the relative who had shared his abandonment of his country, and whom, pr...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יהוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל ־אַבְרָ֗ם אַחֲרֵי֙ הִפּ

  • 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 AT HEBRON; LOT TAKEN CAPTIVE Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:1 Lot lifted up his eyes for himself, but when the last of Lot's followers had streamed out of the camp, God bade Abram lift up his eyes,...

  • 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 the LORD said unto (k) Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: (k) The L...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: Observe God's...

  • 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

    14._And the Lord said unto Abram_. Moses now relates that after Abram was separated from his nephew, divine consolation was administered for the appeasing of his mind. There is no doubt that the wound...

  • 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 THE LORD SAID UNTO ABRAM, AFTER THAT LOT WAS SEPARATED FROM HIM,.... The Lord appeared unto him as he had before, and with an articulate voice spoke unto him, to comfort him upon the separation of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:_ Ver. 14. _A...

  • 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

    God Repeats His Promise...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;...

  • 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

    14-18 Those are best prepared for the visits of Divine grace, whose spirits are calm, and not ruffled with passion. God will abundantly make up in spiritual peace, what we lose for preserving neighbo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD SAID this UNTO ABRAM, to comfort him now when he was alone, and in a worse soil than Lot had chosen....

  • 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 13:14 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) Abram H87 after H310 Lot H3876 separated H6504 (H8736) Lift...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes now and look from the place where you are northward and southward, and eastward and westward. For all the land which you...

  • 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

    _All the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever_ THE SAINTS COMFORT IN SOLITUDE I. THE DIVINE VOICE IS MORE DISTINCTLY HEARD. 1. We need this consolation to confirm...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 13:15. To thee will I give it, and to thy seed] Perhaps a better rendering would be, “To thee will I give it, _even_ to thy seed.” The Heb. particle translated “and” has frequ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 13:14, GENESIS 13:15 AND THE LORD SAID—speaking probably with an articulate voice; the third occasion on which the patriarch was directly addressed by God. The narrative, however,...

  • 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

    was. Genesis 13:11 Lift. Genesis 13:10 Isaiah 49:18 Isaiah 60:4 northward....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN ABRAHAM Genesis 12:1, _Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:14_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Does God still speak to men as He spoke to Abraham? Our Scripture opens with the statement, "Now the

  • 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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