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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:9
The magnanimity of Abram. I. WHEN IT WAS EVOKED. 1. On returning to the land of Canaan. Departing into Egypt, the better nature of the patriarch became obscured and enfeebled, and he himself became the subject of timoro…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:10-13
Abram having offered Lot the choice, he at once accepted it. Passion and selfishness make men rude. Lot looked to the goodness of the land; therefore he doubted not that in such a fruitful soil he should certainly thriv…
Lot's Removal to Sodom. (b. c. 1917.)
LOT'S REMOVAL TO SODOM. (B. C. 1917.) We have here the choice that Lot made when he parted from Abram. Upon this occasion, one would have expected, 1. That he should have expressed an unwillingness to part from Abram, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:10-13
EXPOSITION
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:10-13
The choice of Lot. I. WHAT LOT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT. 1. His own worldly circumstances; and, 2. The suitability of the Jordan circle to advance them. II. WHAT LOT DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. 1. The reverence due to his uncle…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:10
The choice of Lot. I. THE EXCELLENCE OF LOT'S CHOICE. 1. Beautiful. Viewed from the Bethel plateau, at the moment perhaps gilded with the shimmering radiance of the morning sun, the Jordan circle was a scene of enchanti…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes. Circumspexit; with a look of eager, lustful greed (cf. Genesis 3:6). The same expression is afterwards used of Abram (Genesis 13:14), where perhaps also the element of satisfaction, though in…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan. Allured by its beauty and fertility, and heedless of other or higher considerations. And Lot journeyed east, מִקֶּדֶס = versus orientem (cf. Genesis 11:2). And they separated…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:11
Lot's unwise choice. "Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan." To Lot no doubt this seemed but a matter of prudence, a, choice of pastures, yet it stamped his after life. He was a godly man. We miss the point if we…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:11
The parting off friends. I. The SADNESS Of this parting. It was a parting— 1. Of kinsmen (men, brethren). 2. Of kinsmen in a foreign land. 3. Of kinsmen by their own hand. II. The CAUSE of this parting. 1. The difficult…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:12
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan. Strictly so called; in its larger sense Canaan included the circle of the Jordan. And Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain. Being desirous of a permanent settlement within the gate…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:12
Going to Sodom. I. How IT MAY HAVE LOOKED TO LOT. 1. As a matter of business it was good. 2. In its moral aspects the step was dangerous. But— 3. Doubtless at first Lot did not intend entering the city. And perhaps— 4.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:13
But (literally, and) the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners their wickedness is more specifically detailed in Genesis 19:1-38; q.v.)—before the Lord—literally, to Jehovah = before the face of Jehovah; ἐναντίον τοῦ…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:14-18
Those are best prepared for the visits of Divine grace, whose spirits are calm, and not ruffled with passion. God will abundantly make up in spiritual peace, what we lose for preserving neighbourly peace. When our relat…
God Confirms His Promise to Abram. (b. c. 1917.)
GOD CONFIRMS HIS PROMISE TO ABRAM. (B. C. 1917.) 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 prom…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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 h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:14-18
EXPOSITION Genesis 13:14, Genesis 13:15 And the Lord said—speaking probably with an articulate voice; the third occasion on which the patriarch was directly addressed by God. The narrative, however, does not affirm that…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. "As the land shall be great for thy people, thy posterity, so thy people shall be great or innumerable for the land" (Lunge). Afterwards the seed of Abram is likened to…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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 (Word…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:1-12
The wars of nations make great figure in history, but we should not have had the record of this war if Abram and Lot had not been concerned. Out of covetousness, Lot had settled in fruitful, but wicked Sodom. Its inhabi…
Lot Taken Captive. (b. c. 1913.)
LOT TAKEN CAPTIVE. (B. C. 1913.) We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:13-16
Abram takes this opportunity to give a real proof of his being truly friendly to Lot. We ought to be ready to succour those in distress, especially relations and friends. And though others may have been wanting in their…
Lot Taken Captive, and Rescued. (b. c. 1913.)
LOT TAKEN CAPTIVE, AND RESCUED. (B. C. 1913.) We have here an account of the only military action we ever find Abram engaged in, and this he was prompted to, not by his avarice or ambition, but purely by a principle of…