Genesis 13:1

Abram and his family went back from Egypt north to Canaan. Abram took his wife and family, his servants and everything they owned. Lot went with them too.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Abram was a very rich man. He had many sheep, goats and cattle and lots of silver and gold. Lot was also a rich man. He too had many sheep, goats and cattle. And he took all of them and his family and his servants with him. So they went from place to place. They went towards Bethel until they reached a place between Bethel and Ai. They camped there, in the same place where they had camped a long time ago, and where Abram had made the altar. And then Abram worshipped Yahweh there.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:9Abram and his people stayed in Canaan, but they moved camp and went from place to place towards the south.

Genesis 21:33But Abraham stayed at Beersheba for a little while and planted a tree there. It was called a tamarisk tree. Then he worshipped Yahweh, the God who lives forever.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:1

In this chapter we have a further account concerning Abram. I. 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 . II. A particular account of a quarrel that happened between him and Lot. 1. The unhappy occasion of their strife ver. 5, 6 . 2. The parties concerned in the strife, with the aggravation of it, ver. 7 . III. The making up of the quarrel, by the prudence… Read the whole commentary →

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