Genesis 13:1
in Genesis 13So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
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ASV
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
KJV
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
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This verse in Genesis 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseHe came himself and brought all his with him back again to Canaan. Note, Though there may be occasion to go sometimes into places of temptation, yet we must hasten out of them as soon as possible.
This site's exposition
Abram went up out of Egypt
on Genesis 13:1-2
Abram comes up out of Egypt with his wife, his nephew and all he owned. The next line counts the wealth, livestock and silver and gold, and much of it came from Pharaoh's payment for Sarai. The gain of the half-truth travels north with him.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
So Abraham left, taking with him his wife Sarah, which means "sovereign," not "servant." Therefore it was said to Abraham, "Listen to your wife Sarah." In fact, she who is liberated from the slavery of sin obtains sovereignty, not servitude. Therefore a sound mind possesses sovereign virtue, which has dominion over the bodily senses, which is not subject, which has brought back everything from Egypt, which has not left there any of the norms that regulate her life. Such a mind is not clothed with intemperance or insolence or shameful immodesty.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Abram went up therefore from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the southern region. He does not mean the southern region of Egypt, but of the promised land: for indeed he did not travel southward from …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Abram went up out of Egypt,....
He came himself and brought all his with him back again to Canaan. Note, Though there may be occasion to go sometimes into places of temptation, yet we must hasten out of them as soon as possible.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Abram went up out of Egypt - into the south - Probably the south of Canaan, as In leaving Egypt he is said to come from the south, Gen 13:3, for the southern part of the promised land lay north-east of Egypt.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
- Abram and Lot Separate 7. פרזי perı̂zı̂y, Perizzi, “descendant of Paraz.” פרז pārāz, “leader,” or inhabitant of the plain or open country.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
The purport thereof is to let us know that they did not rob him of any of all the great gifts they gave him on account of Sarah who was to be for the king.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעַל֩ | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אַבְרָ֨ם | ʾavram | Abram | H87 → | 61 times |
| מִמִּצְרַ֜יִם | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| ה֠וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹ | veishto | and wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ל֛וֹ | lo | [belonged] to <the> him | ||
| וְל֥וֹט | velot | and Lot | H3876 → | 33 times |
| עִמּ֖וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ | hanegbah | the Negev towards | H5045 → | 112 times |
וַיַּעַל֩and he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
אַבְרָ֨םAbram
ʾavramH87 →61 times
מִמִּצְרַ֜יִםfrom Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
ה֠וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹand wife his
veishtoH802 →781 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
ל֛וֹ[belonged] to <the> him
lo
וְל֥וֹטand Lot
velotH3876 →33 times
עִמּ֖וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃the Negev towards
hanegbahH5045 →112 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 27:10who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
it leads to
- Judges 1:16
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live…
- 1 Chronicles 2:9
The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
- 1 Chronicles 2:25
The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
- Judges 1:16
Through
2 Samuel 24:7They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:29
The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
- Joshua 19:29
Through
Genesis 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
it leads to
- Genesis 26:6
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
- Genesis 26:1
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- Genesis 26:6
Through
Joshua 10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:2–16
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Joshua 6:17
Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies…
- Deuteronomy 7:2–16
About Genesis
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrose of Milan, ON ABRAHAM 2.5.19; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Chuck Missler, Learn the Bible in 24 Hours; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.