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Chapter Overview:  
   
In this chapter we have a farther account of Abram;  
  1. 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. His riches, ver. 2.
    3. His devotion, ver. 4. 18.
  2. A particular account of a quarrel that happened between him and Lot. 
    1. The occasion of their strife, ver. 5, 6.
    2. The parties concerned in the strife, with the aggravation of it, ver. 7.
    3. The stopping of it by the prudence of Abram, ver. 8, 9.
  3. Lot's departure from Abram to the plain of Sodom, ver. 10 - 14.
  4. God's appearance to Abram, to confirm the promise of the land of Canaan to him, ver. 14 - 17.
 
[1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.  
[2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 
  
[3] And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; [4] Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. [5] And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.  
    He went on to Bethel - Thither he went, not only because he was willing to go among his old acquaintance; but because there he had formerly had his altar. and though the altar was gone, probably he himself having taking it down when he left the place, lest it should be polluted by the idolatrous Canaanites; yet he came to the place of the altar, either to revive the remembrance of the sweet communion he had had with God at that place, or, perhaps, to pay the vows he had there made to God when he undertook his journey into Egypt.
 
[6] And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.  
    The land was not able to bear them - The place was too strait for them, and they had not room for their flocks. 
[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. [8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. [9] Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.  
    And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled in the land - This made the quarrel,  
      
    1. Very dangerous; if Abram and Lot cannot agree to feed their flocks together, it is well if the common enemy do not come upon them and plunder them both. 
    2. Very scandalous: No doubt the eyes of all the neighbours were upon them, because of the singularity of their religion, and the extraordinary sanctity they professed; and notice would soon be taken of this quarrel, and improvement made of it to their reproach by the Canaanites and Perizzites. 
 
[10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. [11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. [12] Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.  
    The garden of the Lord - That is, paradise
[13] But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. [14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: [15] For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.  
    Sinners before the Lord - That is, impudent daring sinners.
[16] And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 
    I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth - That is, they shall increase incredibly, and take them altogether; they shall be such a great multitude as no man can number. They were so in Solomon's time, 4:20.Judah and Israel were many as the land which is by the sea in multitude. This God here gives him the promise of. 
[17] Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.  
    Arise, walk through the land - Enter and take possession, survey the parcels, and it will appear better than upon a distant prospect.
[18] Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. 
    Then Abram removed his tent - God bid him walk through the land, that is, Do not think of fixing in it, but expect to be always unsettled, and walking through it to a better Canaan; in compliance with God's will herein, he removed his tent, conforming himself to the condition of a pilgrim. And he built there an altar - in token of his thankfulness to God for the kind visit he had made him. 
 
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