Genesis 13:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. ”

• Genesis 13:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - Abram and Lot Separate 7. פרזי perı̂zı̂y , Perizzi, “descendant of Paraz.” פרז pārāz , “leader,” or inhabitant of the plain or open country. 10. ככר kı̂kar , “circle, border, vale...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Genesis 13. The Separation of Abraham and Lot. In the main from J, as is shown by the frequent mention of Yahweh, the reference to the garden of Yahweh, the preparation for the story of Sodom's ove...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  altar: shows him to be. worshipper. at the first. No worship in Egypt. See note Genesis 13:3 .

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• Genesis 13:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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• Genesis 13:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. There Abram called. We find the patriarch here pitching again in the same pl...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The History of Abraham At this point the specific purpose of the writer of the Pentateuch begins to appear more clearly. Speaking generally, that purpose is to trace the development of the kingdom...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XIII. ABRAM’S RETURN FROM EGYPT AND HIS SEPARATION FROM LOT. (1-4) He went on his journeys. — Or, according to his stations, which the Vulgate very reasonably translates, “by the same route by...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  LOT'S SEPARATION FROM ABRAM Genesis 13:1-18 ABRAM left Egypt thinking meanly of himself, highly of God. This humble frame of mind is disclosed in the route he chooses; he went straight back "un...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Abram and Lot Part Genesis 13:1-13 The patriarch, like a restored backslider, made his way back to the old spot, on the highlands of Bethel, where his first tent and altar had stood. Through hi...

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• Genesis 13:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Thus, delivered by the divine intervention, Abram set his face again toward the line of the divine purpose and returned to Bethel. In this act is seen the victory of faith over failure. It was at th...

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• Genesis 13:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first ,.... When he first came to that place, and before he went down to Egypt: it is not said he came to the altar, but "to the place", w...

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• Genesis 13:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. Ver. 4. Unto the place of the altar, &c. ] There he had found God to his comf...

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• Genesis 13:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  RECOVERY At last Abram "went up," leaving Egypt behind and coming into the south of the land of Canaan. Again Lot is mentioned as accompanying his uncle Abram. But Abram had been greatly enriched...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Abram's Removal to Canaan. B. C. 1918.       1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wif...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Unto the place of the altar, i.e. where the altar was; for the altar itself was either fallen down, as being probably built of earth, as afterwards, Exodus 20:24 , or overthrown by the wicked Ca...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 13:1 . Went up out of Egypt] In the language of the Jew the direction to Jerusalem from every quarter was upwards; besides, Egypt was a low-lying country and the travelle...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 13:2 . Very rich. Here is another proof of God's fidelity in fulfilling his promises to Abraham. This has often been the lot of faithful men. Genesis 13:9 . Separate thyself. Generous...

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• Genesis 13:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Abraham went up out of Egypt The believer learning from his great enemy It is an old saying that “It is lawful to learn from an enemy. ” The patriarch had sojourned in the world’s kingdom, and...

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• Genesis 13:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife. A special mercy that either of them returned, considering the sin they had committed and the peril in which they...

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• Genesis 13:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Abraham Returns to Canaan

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• Genesis 13:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Unto. Genesis 13:18 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8 Genesis 35:1-3 Psalms 26:8 Psalms 42:1 Psalms 42:2 Psalms 84:1 Psalms 84:2 Psalms 84:10 called. Genesis 4:26 Psalms 65:1 Psalms...

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• Genesis 13:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Abram and Lot Genesis 13:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us bring before you the "as" and "so" of the Lord's Return. The days of Lot are likened unto the days of the Coming of the Son of Man. Our...

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