Genesis 13 — Overview

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

In this chapter we have a further account concerning Abram. I. In general, of his condition and behaviour in the land of promise, which was now the land of his pilgrimage. 1. His removes, ver. 1, 3, 4, 18. 2. His riches, ver. 2. 3. His devotion, ver. 4, 18. II. A particular account of a quarrel that happened between him and Lot. 1. The unhappy occasion of their strife ver. 5, 6. 2. The parties concerned in the strife, with the aggravation of it, ver. 7. III. The making up of the quarrel, by the prudence of Abram ver. 8, 9. IV. Lot's departure from Abram to the plain of Sodom, ver. 10-13. V. God's appearance to Abram, to confirm the promise of the land of Canaan to him, ver. 14, &c.

Abram's Removal to Canaan. (b. c. 1918.)

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