Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 13:1-18
CHAPTER 13 The Return from Egypt and Separation from Lot 1. Back to Bethel (Genesis 13:1-4 ) 2. The strife (Genesis 13:5-7 ) 3. The separation. Lot in Sodom (Genesis 13:8-13 ) 4. The third communication of Jehovah (Genesis 13:14-18 ) Abram is graciously brought back. Abram could not have remained in Egypt forever. So the believer who has wandered away from the Lord will be restored. How precious the altar at Bethel must have been to him. Dispensationally Abram’s going down to Egypt... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:1-18
LOT’S SEPARATION FROM ABRAMGenesis 13:1-18ABRAM 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 place where his tent had been at the beginning, unto the altar which he had made there at the first." With a childlike simplicity he seems to own that his visit to Egypt had been a mistake. He had gone there supposing that he was thrown upon his own resources, and that, in order to keep himself and... read more