Genesis 13

Abram and Lot Separate

1 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and a Lot with him, b to the 1 South.

2 c Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journey d from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the e place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram f called on the name of the LORD. 5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. 6 Now g the land was not able to 2 support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was h strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. i The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.

8 So Abram said to Lot, j "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 k "Is not the whole land before you? Please l separate from me. m If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left." 10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all n the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD o destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) p like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward q Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot r dwelt in the cities of the plain and s pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom t were exceedingly wicked and u sinful against the LORD.

14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot v had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are - w northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 "for all the land which you see x I give to you and y your 3 descendants 4 forever. 16 "And z I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 "Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you." 18 a Then Abram moved his tent, and went and b dwelt by 5 the terebinth trees of Mamre, c which are in Hebron, and built an d altar there to the LORD.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 12:4
    So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
    Genesis 14:12
    They also took Lot, Abram's brother's son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
    Genesis 14:16
    So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 12:9
    So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 24:35
    The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
    Genesis 26:14
    For he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.
    Psalms 112:3
    Wealth and riches will be in his house, And his righteousness endures forever.
    Proverbs 10:22
    The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 12:8
    And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
    Genesis 12:9
    So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
    Genesis 12:8
    And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
    Genesis 21:33
    Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 116:17
    I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 36:7
    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 26:20
    But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
    Genesis 15:20
    The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim.
    Genesis 15:21
    "the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
  10. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:7
    Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?
    Philippians 2:14
    Do all things without complaining and disputing.
    Philippians 2:15
    That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 20:15
    And Abimelech said, "See, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.
    Genesis 34:10
    "So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it."
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 13:11
    Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.
    Genesis 13:14
    And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are - northward, southward, eastward, and westward.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 12:18
    If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 19:17 - 29
    So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.
    Deuteronomy 34:3
    The South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 19:24
    Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 2:8
    The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
    Genesis 2:10
    Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.
    Isaiah 51:3
    For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 14:2
    That they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
    Genesis 14:8
    And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
    Genesis 19:22
    Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
    Deuteronomy 34:3
    The South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 19:24
    Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
    Genesis 19:25
    So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
    Genesis 19:29
    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 14:12
    They also took Lot, Abram's brother's son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
    Genesis 19:1
    Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 18:20
    And the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave.
    Genesis 18:21
    "I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know."
    Ezekiel 16:49
    Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
    2 Peter 2:7
    And delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
    2 Peter 2:8
    (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) -
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 6:11
    The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
    Genesis 39:9
    " There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
    Numbers 32:23
    But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 13:11
    Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 28:14
    Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
  24. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To y...
    Genesis 13:17
    "Arise, walk in the land through its length and...
    Genesis 15:7
    Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brough...
    Genesis 15:18
    On the same day the LORD made a covenant with A...
    Genesis 17:8
    "Also I give to you and your descendants after ...
    Deuteronomy 34:4
    Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land of...
    Acts 7:5
    And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even...
  25. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 20:7
    Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?
    Psalms 37:22
    For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
  26. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
    Exodus 32:13
    "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
    Numbers 23:10
    "Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my end be like his!"
  27. Cross References
    Genesis 26:17
    Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
  28. Cross References
    Genesis 14:13
    Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.
  29. Cross References
    Genesis 23:2
    So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
    Genesis 35:27
    Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt.
  30. Cross References
    Genesis 8:20
    Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
    Genesis 22:8
    And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.
    Genesis 22:9
    Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
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