Genesis 13:17-18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 13:14-18

We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Abram, to confirm the promise to him and his. Observe, I. When it was that God renewed and ratified the promise: After that Lot was separated from him, that is, 1. After the quarrel was over; for those are best prepared for the visits of divine grace whose spirits are calm and sedate, and not ruffled with any passion. 2. After Abram's humble self-denying condescensions to Lot for the preserving of peace. It was then that God came to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:17

Arise, walk through the land ,.... And take a survey of it, and see what a land it is, how good and how large, and take possession of it for himself and his, though he was only to be a sojourner in it; and so the Targum of Jonathan adds, and making in it a possession, which in civil law was done by walking: in the length of it, and in the breadth of it ; the extent of it is variously settled by geographers; some giving it no more than about one hundred and seventy or eighty miles in... read more

John Gill

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 13:18

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 13:18

Verse 18 18.And Abram removed his tent (355) Here Moses relates that the holy man, animated by the renewed promise of Gods traversed the land with great courage as if by a look alone he could subdue it to himself. Thus we see how greatly the oracle had profited him: not that he had heard anything from the mouth of God to which he had been unaccustomed, but because he had obtained a medicine so seasonable and suitable to his present grief, that he rose with collected energy towards heaven. At... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:14-18

Magnanimity rewarded, or Divine compensations. I. A REVELATION GIVEN . Immediately on Lot's departure Jehovah approaches, the appearance of the heavenly Friend compensating for the loss of the earthly kinsman, as often happens in the Divine dealings with men and saints. The revelation now afforded to the patriarch was— 1. Personal . Essentially a self-revealing God, only through the medium of a person can Jehovah give a full and clear unveilment of himself. Of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:17

Arise . According to a common mode of Oriental speech, pleonastically affixed to verbs of going, going forward, and of setting about anything with impulse. Walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it. To be understood not as a literal direction, but as an intimation that he might leisurely survey his inheritance with the calm assurance that it was his. For I will give it unto thee. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:18

Then —literally, and, acting immediately as the heavenly voice directed— Abram removed —or rather pitched (cf. Genesis 13:12 )—his tent, and dwelt —settled down, made the central point of his subsequent abode in Canaan (Wordsworth)— in the plain — בְּאֵלֹנֵי = oaks (Gesenius) or terebinths Celsins); vide Genesis 12:6 — of Mamre —an Amorite chieftain who afterwards became the friend and ally of Abram ( Genesis 14:13 , Genesis 14:24 ), and to whom probably the grove... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 13:1-18

- Abram and Lot Separate7. פרזי perı̂zı̂y, Perizzi, “descendant of Paraz.” פרז pārāz, “leader,” or inhabitant of the plain or open country.10. ככר kı̂kar, “circle, border, vale, cake, talent;” related: “bow, bend, go round, dance.” ירדן yardēn, Jardan, “descending.” Usually with the article in prose. צער tso‛ar, Tso‘ar, “smallness.”18. ממרא mamrē', Mamre, “fat, strong, ruler.” חברון chebrôn, Chebron, “conjunction, confederacy.”Lot has been hitherto kept in association with Abram by the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 13:17-18

Genesis 13:17-18 . Arise, walk through the land Enter and take possession, for thy posterity; survey the parcels, and it will appear better than upon a distant prospect. Abram himself, however, was not to think of fixing in it, but expect to be always unsettled, and walking through it to a better Canaan: and in compliance with God’s will herein, “he removed his tent,” conforming to the condition of a pilgrim. And he built there an altar In token of his thankfulness to God for the kind... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 13:14-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:17

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:14-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 13:1-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 13:17-18

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