Genesis 13 Background Information with Maps and Images (Picture Study Bible

Genesis 13

1 - Abram went up out of Egypt-he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him-into the South.

2 - Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

3 - He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

4 - to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on The LORD's name.

5 - Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.

6 - The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

7 - There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.

8 - Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.

9 - Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

10 - Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of The LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

11 - So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.

12 - Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

13 - Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against The LORD.

14 - The LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

15 - for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

16 - I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.

17 - Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you."

18 - Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to The LORD.

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Genesis 13 Images and Notes

Brief Summary: Abram returns from Egypt, Abram and Lot separate because of strife with their herdsmen and Lot chooses the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, the LORD promises Abram that his seed will be as the dust of the Earth in number, Abram settles in the city of Hebron.

Genesis Chapter 13

Genesis 13:17 - Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Outline
Abram and Lot Return from Egypt (Genesis 13:1-4)
Abram Separates from Lot (Genesis 13:5-13)
God's Covenant with Abram Confirmed (Genesis 13:14-18)

Summary
1 Abram And Lot Return Out Of Egypt
7 By Disagreement They Part Asunder
10 Lot Goeth To Wicked Sodom
14 God Reneweth The Promise To Abram
15 He Removeth To Hebron, And There Buildeth An Altar

Map of the Journeys of Abraham

The Journeys of Abram and Lot

Topics for Bible Study
Abram's Wealth
Abram's Tent
Bethel
Ai
~ Shechem ~
The First Altar
Abram Calls Upon the Name of the LORD
Lots Wealth
Strife with Lot's Herdsmen
Canaanites
Perizzites
Abram and Lot Separate
Abram Gives Lot the Choice
Sodom and Gomorrah
The Plain of the Jordan
Men of Sodom Wicked Exceedingly
Covenant with Abram Repeated
Walk the Whole Land
Plain of Mamre
Hebron

Historical Background
Abram returns from Egypt, Abram and Lot separate because of strife with their herdsmen and Lot chooses the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, the LORD promises Abram that his seed will be as the dust of the Earth in number, Abram settles in the city of Hebron.

Ancient Customs
Wealth
Tents
Altars

Ancient People
Canaanites
Perizzites
Men of Sodom

Geography
Bethel
Ai
Shechem
Sodom and Gomorrah
Plain of the Jordan
Plain of Mamre
Hebron

Quick Reference Map

Map of the Jordan River (Click to Enlarge)

Maps
Map of the Giants and Early Inhabitants of Ancient Israel
Map of the Canaanite Nations
Map of the World of Abraham
Map of the Journeys of Abraham

Quick Reference Map

Map of the Jordan River (Click to Enlarge)

Clothing in the Time of Abraham

This is how a man or a patriarch would have dressed in ancient times about the time of Abraham which was around 1800 BC. From inside to out he wore an under garment which was bound by a girdle.

Map of the World of Abraham

The World of Abram, the first Hebrew

The Old Testament

Genesis Resources

Creation
Adam and Eve
The Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob and the 12 Tribes
Joseph and Egypt