strife. The first step in Lot's downward course. Note Lot's six downward steps: Genesis 13:7, "strife"; Genesis 13:10, "beheld"; Genesis 13:11, "chose": Genesis 13:12, "pitched toward"; Genesis 14:12, "dwelt in": Genesis 19:1, "sat in its gate", as. ruler and citizen. See App-10.
Canaanite and Perizzite. See on Genesis 12:6. These were the Nephilim. See App-23.
dwelled. Hebrew were dwelling.
then. already. See note on Genesis 12:6.
in the land. Occupying it in advance, and spreading later to "the giant cities of Bashan".