Genesis 13:11

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Lot	ל֗וֹט Lot	H3876	Lot · proper noun, a man's name
chose	וַיִּבְחַר vai.yiv.char-	H977	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
plain	כִּכַּ֣ר ki.Kar	H3603	a circle · noun, common feminine singular construct
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name
Lot	ל֖וֹט Lot	H3876	Lot · proper noun, a man's name
journeyed	וַיִּסַּ֥ע vai.yi.Sa'	H5265	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
east	מִקֶּ֑דֶם mi.Ke.dem	H6924	the front · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
themselves	וַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּ vai.yi.Pa.re.Du	H6504	to break through · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
other	אָחִֽיו 'a.Chiv	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or…
Psalms 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Proverbs 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neig…
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the…
1 Peter 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Genesis 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northwar…
Psalms 16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Genesis 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:10-13

We have here the choice that Lot made when he parted from Abram. Upon this occasion, one would have expected, 1. That he should have expressed an unwillingness to part from Abram, and that, at least, he should have done it with reluctancy. 2. That he should have been so civil as to have remitted the choice back again to Abram. But we find not any instance of deference or respect to his uncle in the whole management. Abram having offered him the choice, without compliment he accepted it, and made his election. Passion and selfishness make men rude. Now, in the choice which Lot made, we may observe, I. How much he had an eye to the goodness of the land. He beheld all the plan of Jordan, the fl…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 13:11

Then Lot chose him all the plain--a choice excellent from a worldly point of view, but most inexpedient for his best interests. He seems, though a good man, to have been too much under the influence of a selfish and covetous spirit: and how many, alas! imperil the good of their souls for the prospect of worldly advantage.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 13:11

Then Lot chose him all the plain - A little civility or good breeding is of great importance in the concerns of life. Lot either had none, or did not profit by it. He certainly should have left the choice to the patriarch, and should have been guided by his counsel; but he took his own way, trusting to his own judgment, and guided only by the sight of his eyes: he beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered, etc.; so he chose the land, without considering the character of the inhabitants, or what advantages or disadvantages it might afford him in spiritual things. This choice, as we shall see in the sequel, had nearly proved the ruin of his body, soul, and family.

John Gill on Genesis 13:11

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan,.... Because of its good pasturage, and because of the plenty of water there; the want of both which was the inconvenience he had laboured under, and had occasioned the strife between his and Abram's servants: and Lot journeyed east, or "eastward"; for the plain of Jordan, and that part of the land on which Sodom and Gomorrah stood, were to the east of Bethel: the phrase is by some rendered "from the east" (y), and the particle used most commonly so signifies; and Jarchi observes, that he journeyed from east to west; and Aben Ezra says, that Sodom was at the west of Bethel, in which he is most certainly wrong, for it was most clearly in the eastern…

The Church Fathers

How appropriately then Scripture says, "Lot," that is, deviation, "chose for himself." Indeed, God has placed before us good and evil, so that each may choose what he wishes. Let us not then choose that which is more pleasing at first sight but that which is truly better, so that, having been granted the ability to choose what is preferable, we lift up our eyes and be attracted by false beauty while we leave concealed the truth of nature, as one who looks the other way.
— Ambrose of Milan, On Abraham

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Dictionary and topics

Lot — (Heb. goral, a “pebble”), a small stone used in casting lots (Num. 33:54; Jonah 1:7). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with strictest reference to the interposition of God, and as a…
Meekness — A calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13). Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Matt. 5:5; Isa. 66:2). The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined (Col. 3:12; 1 Tim. 6:11; Zeph. 2:3),…
Plain — (1.) Heb. ‘abel (Judg. 11:33), a “grassy plain” or “meadow.” Instead of “plains of the vineyards,” as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has “Abel-cheramim” (q.v.), comp. Judg. 11:22; 2…
Sodom — Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen. 13:10; 14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut.…
Covetousness · .Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan — .Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan
Jordan · PLAIN OF — PLAIN OF
Jordan, The River · The plains of: Chosen by Lot for a residence — The plains of: Chosen by Lot for a residence
Lot · .Separates from Abraham, and lo — .Separates from Abraham, and lo

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 13:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:10-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 13:11

Adam Clarke on Genesis 13:11

John Gill on Genesis 13:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 13:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:10-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 13:11

Adam Clarke on Genesis 13:11

John Gill on Genesis 13:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 13:10-12

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 13:10-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 13:11-18

Rashi on Genesis 13:11