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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 13:11-13

"So Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly."Thus was effected the separation of Abraham from a portion of that kindred which God had commanded him to forsake in the first place. Abraham appears in a most favorable light in this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 13:10

Genesis 13:10. And Lot lifted up, &c.— This verse has much perplexed the Commentators, especially as it stands in our version: where the words as thou comest unto Zoar are joined to the land AEgypt, when the first inspection of a map will shew, that they cannot refer to the land of AEgypt. Houbigant therefore translates it thus: Then Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan: but before the Lord had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was all, as thou goest to Zoar, well... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 13:11

Genesis 13:11. Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan— Struck as he was with the beauty of the country, without any regard to the manners of the inhabitants; which became afterwards, as we shall see, a source of much discontent and uneasiness to him; The plain of Jordan comprehends, according to Dr. Wells, the greatest part of the flat country, through which the river Jordan runs, from its coming out of the sea of 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 7:11 Kings 7:1 Kings 7. , to its falling into the Dead-sea:... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 13:10

10. Lot lifted up his eyes—Travellers say that from the top of this hill, a little "to the east of Beth-el" [ :-], they can see the Jordan, the broad meadows on either bank, and the waving line of verdure which marks the course of the stream. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 13:11

11. Then Lot chose him all the plain—a choice excellent from a worldly point of view, but most inexpedient for his best interests. He seems, though a good man, to have been too much under the influence of a selfish and covetous spirit: and how many, alas! imperil the good of their souls for the prospect of worldly advantage. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 13:8-10

In offering Lot either the "left" or the "right" (Genesis 13:9) Abram was evidently suggesting that he and Lot partition the Promised Land; he would take one part and his nephew the other (cf. Genesis 22:3-10). Important to our appreciation of Abram’s offer is knowledge of the fact that the Hebrews, as well as other ancient peoples, were eastern oriented (as contrasted with northern oriented, as we are). Abram and Lot were probably looking east when Abram made his suggestion (Genesis 13:9).... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 13:11-13

Lot, however, chose neither of these options, north or south. Instead he decided to move east into the Jordan Valley (Genesis 13:11). Earlier we read that Adam, Eve, and Cain traveled east after they sinned (Genesis 3:24; Genesis 4:16) and that the people of Babel went east and rebelled against God (Genesis 11:2). Thus Lot’s move east makes us a bit uneasy (cf. Genesis 12:3). At this time the Jordan River was the eastern border of Canaan that continued south from the southeastern end of the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:1-18

The Return of Abraham from Egypt, and his Separation from Lot1. Into the south] see on Genesis 12:9.5, 6. There was not sufficient pasturage and water (especially after the recent famine and drought) for the two encampments with their flocks and herds, which doubtless numbered many thousands.7. The Perizzite] ’dweller in open villages.’ It is thought by some that they were the original inhabitants of the country who had been subdued by Canaanite invaders. The words dwelled then in the land... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 13:10

(10) The plain of Jordan.—This word, Ciccar, literally means the circuit, or, as it is translated in St. Matthew 3:5, “the region round about Jordan,” and, according to Mr. Conder (Tent Work, ii., p. 14), is the proper name of the Jordan valley, and especially of the plain of Jericho. It is now called the Gnor, or depression, and is one of the most remarkable districts in the world, being a deep crack or fissure, with chalk rocks upon the western and sandstone on the eastern side, over which... read more