GOD ENCOURAGES ABRAM
Key verse: 14,15
NIV
14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.(A) 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever.(B) 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(C) 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land,(D) for I am giving it to you.”(E)
18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre(F) at Hebron,(G) where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.(H)
Footnotes
- Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16
Cross references
- Genesis 13:14 : Ge 28:14; 32:12; 48:16; Dt 3:27; 13:17; Isa 54:3
- Genesis 13:15 : S Ge 12:7; Gal 3:16*
- Genesis 13:16 : S Ge 12:2; 16:10; 17:20; 21:13, 18; 25:16; Nu 23:10
- Genesis 13:17 : ver 15; Nu 13:17-25
- Genesis 13:17 : S Ge 12:7; 15:7
- Genesis 13:18 : Ge 14:13, 24; 18:1; 23:17, 19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13
- Genesis 13:18 : Ge 23:2; 35:27; 37:14; Nu 13:22; Jos 10:3, 36; Jdg 1:10; 1Sa 30:31; 2Sa 2:1, 3, 11; 1Ch 11:1
- Genesis 13:18 : S Ge 8:20
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ESV
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, (A)northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give (B)to you and (C)to your offspring forever. 16 (D)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and (E)settled by the (F)oaks[a] of Mamre, which (G)are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 13:18 Or terebinths
Cross references
- Genesis 13:14 : ch. 28:14
- Genesis 13:15 : ch. 17:8; 28:13; 35:12; Acts 7:5
- Genesis 13:15 : ch. 12:7; 15:18; 24:7; 26:4; Deut. 34:4; 2 Chr. 20:7
- Genesis 13:16 : ch. 22:17; 28:14; 32:12; Num. 23:10; [1 Kgs. 3:8]; See ch. 15:5
- Genesis 13:18 : ch. 14:13
- Genesis 13:18 : ch. 12:6
- Genesis 13:18 : ch. 35:27
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1. After Lot had parted from him (14a)
After Lot left, Abram must have felt depressed. He loved Lot; perhaps he even regarded him as a son and heir to his material and spiritual treasures. Abram and Lot had been through many hard experiences together. Now, Lot was gone. He had accepted Abram's generous offer, laid claim to the best part of the land, and left.
2. The Lord said to Abram... (14b-18)
In at least five times of crisis God reminded Abram of the covenant promises. This was one of those times. God did not help Abram with material things or human comfort. He did not give him a son at this time. Nor did he leave him sitting in his tent feeling sorry for himself. He said, 'Lift up your eyes.. Look! All the land you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.' Then he told Abram to take a long walk. Abram believed God. He obeyed him and moved to Hebron, and there he built an altar of worship and thanksgiving.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for your promises which strengthen my heart.
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