Genesis 13:4
This was where he'd first built an altar. He worshiped the Lord there as he had done previously.
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5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had many flocks, herds, and tents,
Cross References
Genesis 12:7The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I'm going to give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar to the Lord there because that was where the Lord appeared to him.
Genesis 13:18So Abram went to live at Hebron, setting up his tents among the oaks at Mamre, where he built an altar to the Lord.
Psalms 26:8Lord, I love your house, the place where you live in your glory.
Psalms 65:1God, you deserve to be praised, and in Zion we will keep our promises to you.
Psalms 84:10One day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I'd rather stand as a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live comfortably in the homes of the wicked.
Psalms 107:8Let them praise the Lord for his trustworthy love, and for all the wonderful things he does for people.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:2-5
Abram's Removal to Canaan. ( b. c. 1918.) 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 Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el 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 . I. Here is Abram's return out of Egypt, v. 1 .… Read the whole commentary →