Genesis 13:10 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 13:10

Genesis 13:10. Lot beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered Lot seems to have had nothing in view but his temporal convenience and advantage. His flocks and herds were already too numerous, and his substance too great; and yet he wishes them to be still more enlarged, and therefore makes choice of this fertile and pleasant spot. He does not inquire into the character of the inhabitants, nor consider what sort of society he should find there; nor does he appear to express any... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:1-18

Journey to Egypt and return (12:10-13:18)A long drought in Canaan must have caused Abram to wonder just how reliable this promised land was. In the end he journeyed to Egypt in search of better pastures (10).Fearing that the Egyptians would kill him in order to take his beautiful wife, he preserved himself by saying she was his sister. This was half true, because Sarai was a daughter of Terah by another wife (see 20:12); but Abram and Sarai did wrong in telling only half the truth in order to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 13:10

well watered. Great contrast with Palestine after the famine; and likeness to the fertility of Egypt. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Sodom = flaming, burning. Gomorrah = people of fear: already mixed up in the sins of the Nephilim. 2 Peter 2:4 .Jude 1:6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 13:10

"And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.""Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld ..." Willis pointed out that the apostasy of Lot began right here and that it consisted of the following steps:He looked upon the attraction of the fertile pasture lands toward Sodom; He chose it as his home (Genesis 13:11) and moved his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 13:10

Genesis 13:10. And Lot lifted up, &c.— This verse has much perplexed the Commentators, especially as it stands in our version: where the words as thou comest unto Zoar are joined to the land AEgypt, when the first inspection of a map will shew, that they cannot refer to the land of AEgypt. Houbigant therefore translates it thus: Then Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan: but before the Lord had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was all, as thou goest to Zoar, well... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 13:10

10. Lot lifted up his eyes—Travellers say that from the top of this hill, a little "to the east of Beth-el" [ :-], they can see the Jordan, the broad meadows on either bank, and the waving line of verdure which marks the course of the stream. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 13:8-10

In offering Lot either the "left" or the "right" (Genesis 13:9) Abram was evidently suggesting that he and Lot partition the Promised Land; he would take one part and his nephew the other (cf. Genesis 22:3-10). Important to our appreciation of Abram’s offer is knowledge of the fact that the Hebrews, as well as other ancient peoples, were eastern oriented (as contrasted with northern oriented, as we are). Abram and Lot were probably looking east when Abram made his suggestion (Genesis 13:9).... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:1-18

The Return of Abraham from Egypt, and his Separation from Lot1. Into the south] see on Genesis 12:9.5, 6. There was not sufficient pasturage and water (especially after the recent famine and drought) for the two encampments with their flocks and herds, which doubtless numbered many thousands.7. The Perizzite] ’dweller in open villages.’ It is thought by some that they were the original inhabitants of the country who had been subdued by Canaanite invaders. The words dwelled then in the land... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 13:10

(10) The plain of Jordan.—This word, Ciccar, literally means the circuit, or, as it is translated in St. Matthew 3:5, “the region round about Jordan,” and, according to Mr. Conder (Tent Work, ii., p. 14), is the proper name of the Jordan valley, and especially of the plain of Jericho. It is now called the Gnor, or depression, and is one of the most remarkable districts in the world, being a deep crack or fissure, with chalk rocks upon the western and sandstone on the eastern side, over which... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 13:1-18

Genesis 13:10-11 The lesson to be gained from the history of Abraham and Lot is obviously this that nothing but a clear apprehension of things unseen, a simple trust in God's promises, and the greatness of mind thence arising, can make us act above the world indifferent, or almost so, to its comforts, enjoyments, and friendships, or in other words, that its goods corrupt the common run even of religious men who possess them.... Could we not easily persuade ourselves to support Antichrist, I... read more