7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.
But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, -- from your pleasures, which war in your members?
For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.
that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.
And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as one goes to Gerar, up to Gazah; as one goes to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, up to Lesha.
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
And I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, so as not to be the reproach of the nations our enemies?
And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose and helped them, and watered their flock.
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land -- among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates; the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
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Commentary on Genesis 13 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 13
In this chapter we have a further account concerning Abram.
Gen 13:1-4
Gen 13:5-9
We have here an unhappy falling out between Abram and Lot, who had hitherto been inseparable companions (see v. 1, and ch. 12:4), but now parted.
Gen 13:10-13
We have here the choice that Lot made when he parted from Abram. Upon this occasion, one would have expected,
Gen 13:14-18
We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Abram, to confirm the promise to him and his. Observe,