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 themselves the one from the other . Literally, a man from his brother . read more
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 difficulty of finding sustenance together. 2. The danger of collision if they kept together. III. The MANNER of this parting. 1. After prayer. 2. In peace. 3. With magnanimity on the part of Abram. 4. With meanness on that of Lot. ... read more
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 think of him as careless. The lesson is for God's people. At first guided by his uncle, but time came when he must act alone. Pastures of Bethel not sufficient. Strife between the herdsmen. God uses little things to work his will. In every life times when choice must be... read more
- 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
Genesis 13:10. Lot beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered Lot seems to have had nothing in view but his temporal convenience and advantage. His flocks and herds were already too numerous, and his substance too great; and yet he wishes them to be still more enlarged, and therefore makes choice of this fertile and pleasant spot. He does not inquire into the character of the inhabitants, nor consider what sort of society he should find there; nor does he appear to express any... read more
Journey to Egypt and return (12:10-13:18)A long drought in Canaan must have caused Abram to wonder just how reliable this promised land was. In the end he journeyed to Egypt in search of better pastures (10).Fearing that the Egyptians would kill him in order to take his beautiful wife, he preserved himself by saying she was his sister. This was half true, because Sarai was a daughter of Terah by another wife (see 20:12); but Abram and Sarai did wrong in telling only half the truth in order to... read more
well watered. Great contrast with Palestine after the famine; and likeness to the fertility of Egypt. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Sodom = flaming, burning. Gomorrah = people of fear: already mixed up in the sins of the Nephilim. 2 Peter 2:4 .Jude 1:6 . read more
chose. Lot lifted up his own eyes (Genesis 13:10 ), and made his own choice. Compare Abram, Genesis 13:14 . read more
"And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.""Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld ..." Willis pointed out that the apostasy of Lot began right here and that it consisted of the following steps:He looked upon the attraction of the fertile pasture lands toward Sodom; He chose it as his home (Genesis 13:11) and moved his... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:10-13
Sodom and the Sodomites, or the place and the people. 1. The physical beauty of the Jordan valley. 2. The moral corruption of its inhabitants. Lessons:— 1. The weakness of nature as a moral educator. 2. The true design of nature as a moral educator.— W . read more