Bible Commentary

Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. 18. the oaks of Mamre ] Better, as R.V. marg., terebinths. Cf. Gen 14:13, Gen 18:1. Probably the sacred trees of the Canaanite sanctuary at Hebron. Josephus ( Ant. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:18”

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 17. Arise, walk ] Abram is told to go up and down in the land of promise, and thus to view by faith the possession which his descendants will connect with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:17”

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered. 16. as the dust of the earth ] For this simile cf. Gen 28:14, which is also from J. Abram’s descendants are elsewhere compared … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:16”

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. 15. to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever ] The gift to Abram is one of promise and prediction. The gift to his “seed” was to be fulfilled in history. If the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:15”

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: 14. northward and southward, &c.] The promise here includes, in the future possession of Israel, the land which Lot had chosen for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:14”

But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked The ministry of nature We here behold the wickedness of man in strange conjunction (verse10) and contrast with the beauty of nature. I. HUMAN DEPRAVITY AS DISCOVERED BY THE LIGHT OF NATURE. 1. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:13”

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,…. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:12”

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 11. So Lot chose ] This verse points onward both to the catastrophe in 19 and to the dwelling-place of the Moabites and Ammonites. Lot’s selection ( a) disregarded the rights of Abram … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:11”

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 Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 10. And Lot lifted up his eyes ] The spot near … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:10”

[Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 9. the whole land, &c.] Abram’s offer is made with the elaborate … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 13:9”