Genesis 13:15-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 13:14-18

We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Abram, to confirm the promise to him and his. Observe, I. When it was that God renewed and ratified the promise: After that Lot was separated from him, that is, 1. After the quarrel was over; for those are best prepared for the visits of divine grace whose spirits are calm and sedate, and not ruffled with any passion. 2. After Abram's humble self-denying condescensions to Lot for the preserving of peace. It was then that God came to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:15

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it ,.... Not only so much of it as his eye could reach, but all of it, as far as it went, which way soever he looked; and this he gave him to sojourn in now where he pleased, and for his posterity to dwell in hereafter; he gave him the title to it now, and to them the possession of it for future times: and to thy seed for ever ; the meaning is, that he gave it to his posterity to be enjoyed by them until the Messiah came, when a new... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth ,.... An hyperbolical expression denoting the great multitude of Abram's posterity, as they were in the days of Solomon, and as they will be in the latter day; and especially as this may respect all the spiritual seed of Abram, Jews and Gentiles, and as they will be in the spiritual reign of Christ, see Hosea 1:10 , so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered ; but as it is impossible to do the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:15

To thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever - This land was given to Abram, that it might lineally and legally descend to his posterity; and though Abram himself cannot be said to have possessed it, Acts 7:5 , yet it was the gift of God to him in behalf of his seed; and this was always the design of God, not that Abram himself should possess it, but that his posterity should, till the manifestation of Christ in the flesh. And this is chiefly what is to be understood by the words for... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 13:16

Verse 16 16.And I will make thy seed as the dust. Omitting those subtleties, by means of which others argue about nothing, I simply explain the words to signify, that the seed of Abram is compared to the dust, because of its immense multitude; and truly the sense of the term is to be sought for only in Moses’ own words. It was, however, necessary to be here added, that God would raise up for him a seed, of which he was hitherto destitute. And we see that God always keeps him under the restraint... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:14-15

And the Lord said —speaking probably with an articulate voice; the third occasion on which the patriarch was directly addressed by God. The narrative, however, does not affirm that there was any actual theophany— unto Abram —who could readily recognize the voice which had twice already spoken to him. After that Lot was separated from him. Thus God approved that separation (Poole), and administered consolation to the troubled heart of the patriarch (Calvin), though Divine revelations... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:14-18

Magnanimity rewarded, or Divine compensations. I. A REVELATION GIVEN . Immediately on Lot's departure Jehovah approaches, the appearance of the heavenly Friend compensating for the loss of the earthly kinsman, as often happens in the Divine dealings with men and saints. The revelation now afforded to the patriarch was— 1. Personal . Essentially a self-revealing God, only through the medium of a person can Jehovah give a full and clear unveilment of himself. Of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth . "As the land shall be great for thy people, thy posterity, so thy people shall be great or innumerable for the land" (Lunge). Afterwards the seed of Abram is likened to the stars of heaven for multitude ( Genesis 15:5 ). So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 13:1-18

- 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 13:16

Genesis 13:16. I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth That is, they shall increase incredibly, and, take them all together, shall be such a multitude as no man can number. When Moses wrote this history, these predictions had been in some measure fulfilled. But the increase of Abram’s seed at that time bore no proportion to what it was in the days of Solomon, when Israel and Judah, without taking his descendants by Ishmael, Esau, and the children he had by his second wife Keturah,... read more

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