Genesis 13:10-18 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:18

Then Abram removed his tent ,.... From the mountain between Bethel and Hai, Genesis 13:3 , and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre , or "in the oaks of Mamre" F5 באלני ממרא "juxta quercetum Mamre", Tigurine version, Pagninus, Montanus; so Ainsworth. ; in a grove of oaks there, as being shady and pleasant to dwell among or under, and not through any superstitious regard to such trees and places where they grew; which has obtained since among the Heathens, and particularly... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 Gornorrhamque Do minus delerit, erat, qua itur Segor, tota irrigua, quasi hortus Domini, et quasi terra Aegypti . "But before the Lord had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was, as thou goest to Zoar, well watered, like the garden of the Lord, and like the land of Egypt." As paradise was watered by the four neighboring... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:11

Then Lot chose him all the plain - A little civility or good breeding is of great importance in the concerns of life. Lot either had none, or did not profit by it. He certainly should have left the choice to the patriarch, and should have been guided by his counsel; but he took his own way, trusting to his own judgment, and guided only by the sight of his eyes: he beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered, etc.; so he chose the land, without considering the character of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:13

The men of Sodom were wicked - רעים raim , from רע , ra , to break in pieces, destroy, and afflict; meaning persons who broke the established order of things, destroyed and confounded the distinctions between right and wrong, and who afflicted and tormented both themselves and others. And sinners, חטאים chattaim , from חטא chata , to miss the mark, to step wrong, to miscarry; the same as ἁμαρτανω in Greek, from a, negative, and μαρπτω to hit a mark; so a sinner is one... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 this good land. The revelation made Genesis 15:5 , was evidently made in the night; for then he was called to number the stars, which could not be seen but in the night season: here he is called on to number the dust of the earth, Genesis 13:16 , which could not be seen but in the day-light. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:15

To thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever - This land was given to Abram, that it might lineally and legally descend to his posterity; and though Abram himself cannot be said to have possessed it, Acts 7:5 , yet it was the gift of God to him in behalf of his seed; and this was always the design of God, not that Abram himself should possess it, but that his posterity should, till the manifestation of Christ in the flesh. And this is chiefly what is to be understood by the words for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:18

Abram removed his tent - Continued to travel and pitch in different places, till at last he fixed his tent in the plain, or by the oak, of Mamre, see Genesis 12:6 , which is in Hebron; i.e., the district in which Mamre was situated was called Hebron. Mamre was an Amorite then living, with whom Abram made a league, Genesis 14:13 ; and the oak probably went by his name, because he was the possessor of the ground. Hebron is called Kirjath-arba, Genesis 23:2 ; but it is very likely that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:10

Verse 10 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 contended with his uncle for the palm of modesty; and this the very order of nature suggested; but just as if he had been, in every respect, the superior, he usurps for himself the better portion; and makes choice of that region which seemed the more fertile and agreeable. And indeed it... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:13

Verse 13 13.But the men of Sodom. Lot thought himself happy that so rich a habitation had fallen to his share: but he learns at length, that the choice to which he had hastened, with a rashness equal to his avarice, had been unhappily granted to him; since he had to deal with proud and perverse neighbors, with whose conduct it was much harder to bear, than it was to contend with the sterility of the earth. Therefore, seeing that he was led away solely by the pleasantness of the prospect, he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:14

Verse 14 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 inflicted by that separation was very severe, since he was obliged to send away one who was not less dear to him than his own life. When it is said, therefore, that the Lord spoke, the circumstance of time requires to be noted; as if he had said, that the medicine of God’s word was now... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:14

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