Genesis 13:5 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 13:5

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

KJV

And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

On Abraham (397)

It remains to be seen if Lot too, his nephew, was rich as one who belonged to the same family. But Scripture says only that he had many cattle. In fact, the text reads, "Lot also, who went with Abraham, had flocks, herds and tents." He had no silver, because he was not yet just; in fact, "the tongue of the just man is like silver purified by fire." He had no gold, which was the possession of the one who saw the posterity of Christ, of whom it is written: "And his posterity shines like gold."

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְגַם־	ve.gam-	and also	H1571 →
לְל֔וֹט	le.Lot	to Lot	H3876 →
הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ	ha.ho.Lekh	who was traveling	H1980 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
אַבְרָ֑ם	'av.Ram	Abram	H87 →
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	it be[longed]	H1961 →
צֹאן־	tzon-	sheep	H6629 →
וּבָקָ֖ר	u.va.Kar	and cattle	H1241 →
וְאֹהָלִֽים׃	ve.'o.ha.Lim	and tents	H168 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:9
  By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 21:20
  And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
- Genesis 6:9
  This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 10:9
  He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
- Genesis 28:10–11
  Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
Through
Jeremiah 49:29
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
leads to
- Jeremiah 6:25
  Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
- Jeremiah 46:5
  Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
- Habakkuk 3:7
  I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.