Let: Proverbs 15:1; Matthew 5:9; 1 Corinthians 6:6-7; Philippians 2:14; Hebrews 12:14; James 3:17-18
brethren: Heb. men
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Genesis 13:8
Genesis 13:8
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Genesis 13 — OverviewGenesis 13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn 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.…Genesis 13 — OverviewGenesis 13 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 13:1, Abram and Lot return with great riches out of Egypt; Genesis 13:6, Strife arises between Abram’s herdsmen and those of Lot; Genesis 13:8, Abram meekly refers it to Lot to choose his part of the country,…Genesis 13 — OverviewGenesis 13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of the return of Abram from Egypt to the land of Canaan, and to the same place in it he had been before, Ge 13:1 and of a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot, and the occasion of…Genesis 13:1-9Genesis 13:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 13:1-13Genesis 13:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe separation between Abram and Lot.
Return to Bethel—to the altar. The circumstances of the patriarch were very different. He was very rich. Lot is with him, and the sojourn in Egypt had far more depraving effect…Genesis 13:5-9Genesis 13:5-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an unhappy falling out between Abram and Lot, who had
hitherto been inseparable companions (see v. 1, and ch. xii. 4), but
now parted.
I. The occasion of their quarrel was their riches. We read (v.…