CHAP. XIII.
1, Abram and Lot returne out of Aegypt into Ca∣naan, 4, where he calleth on the name of the Lord. 5, Lot and Abram being both rich, by disagreement betweene their berdmen, they part asunder. 10, Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14, God reneweth the promises to A∣bram. 18, He removeth to Hebron, and there buil∣deth an Altar.
ANd Abram went up out of Aegypt, [unspec 1] he and his wife, and all that hee had; and Lot with him, unto the South. And Abram was very rich: in cattell, in sil∣ver, [unspec 2] [unspec 3] and in gold. And he went on his jour∣nies, from the south, and unto Beth-el: un∣to the place, where his tent had beene at the beginning; betweene Beth-el and Ai. Vn∣to the place of the altar which he had made [unspec 4] there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Iehovah. And Lot also that went with Abram; hee had flockes, and [unspec 5] herds, and tents. And the land did not [unspec 6] beare them, to dwell together: for their substance was much, that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife be∣tweene [unspec 7] the herdmen of Abrams cattell, and the herdmen of Lots cattell: and Canaanite and the Pherezite, was then dwelling in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, let there [unspec 8] be I pray thee, no strife betweene mee and thee; and betweene my herdmen, and thy herdmen: for we be men brethren. Is not [unspec 9] all the land before thee? Separate thy selfe I pray thee from me: if (thou wilt take) the left-hand, then I will take the right; and if the right-hand, then I will take the left. And [unspec 10] Lot lifted-up his eyes, and saw all the plaine of Iordan, that all of it was well-watered: before Iehovah destroyed Sodom and Go∣morrha, (it was) as the garden of Iehovah, as the land of Aegypt, as thou commest to Zoar. And Lot chose to him, all the plaine [unspec 11] of Iordan; and Lot journied Eastward; and they were separated, each man from his brother. Abram, hee dwelt in the land of [unspec 12] Canaan: and Lot, he dwelt in the Cities of the plaine; and pitched-tent unto Sodom. And the men of Sodom, were evill and sin∣ners, [unspec 13] [unspec 14] to Iehovah, exceedingly. And Ieho∣vah said unto Abram, after Lot was separa∣ted from him; lift up now thine eyes, and see, from the place where thou art: to the north, and to the south, and to the east, and to the Sea. For all the land which thou seest, [unspec 15] to thee will I give it: and to thy seed for e∣ver. And I will put thy seed, as the dust of [unspec 16] the earth: so that if a man bee able to num∣ber the dust of the earth; thy seed also shall be numbred. Arise, walke through the land; [unspec 17] in the length of it, and in the bredth of it: for to thee will I give it. And Abram remo∣ved-tent; [unspec 18] and came and dwelt in the Okes of Mamree, which is in Chebron: and hee builded there an altar unto Iehovah.
Annotations.
THe south] in Greeke, the desert: meaning the [unspec 1] southerne part of Canaan. (see Gen. 12. 9.) for otherwise Canaan was Northward from Aegypt.
Vers. 2. very rich] Hebrew, vehemently waighty [unspec 2] (or heavy▪) Which word is applyed to weight of burden, as in 1 King. 12. 4. to weight of glory, as in Gen. 31. 1. to waight of multitude of people, as in 2 King. 6. 14. or of cattell, as Exod. 12. 38. and so to all manner of ••iches; as the Greeke here translateth it rich. Thus Gods blessing promised in Gen. 12. 2. was in part performed, for his blessing maketh rich, Prov. 10. 22. Gen. 24. 35. And as A∣bram now, so his children afterward, returned out of Aegypt, with great riches, Exod. 12. 32. 35. 36. 38. These figured the graces of God, as faith, knowledge, and the like, Iam. 2. 5. 1 Cor. 1. 5. Co∣los. 2. 2.
Vers. 4. called there] the Chaldee saith, prayed [unspec 4] there. See the notes on Gen. 12. 8. As Abram re∣turned to his first altar, and there served God: so his children after him, were to returne to Abrams