Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:6
6. Land was not able to bear them Having been impoverished by the recent great famine, and being already occupied, as the next verse states, by other dwellers, they were cramped for pasturage for their immense flocks and herds . read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:5-13
SEPARATION OF ABRAM AND LOT, 5-13. The time has come to separate Abram and his household more fully from kindred and connexions which he cannot “command.” Genesis 18:19. His father’s house in far-off Chaldea was tainted with idolatry, and he was to be removed from its power, and so Jehovah ordered him thence. But the love of kindred is strong, and Terah, his father, accompanied him as far as Haran. There he dwelt and died, and Abram resumed his journey westward. Lot, his brother’s son, still... read more