Limitless Word

Genesis 13

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT

Part of Abraham📖 Genesis introduction

Read the chapter

1So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him. ✦ 2And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold. ✦ 3From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched, ✦ 4to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD. ✦ 5Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. ✦ 6But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist. ✦ 7And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land. ✦ 8So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers. ✦ 9Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.” ✦ 10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) ✦ 11So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company. ✦ 12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom. ✦ 13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD. ✦ 14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west, ✦ 15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. ✦ 16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. ✦ 17Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.” ✦ 18So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD. ✦

Tap any verse for its study page. Underlined terms mark a concept, person, or place; ✦ marks verses with cross-references.

Where this chapter connects

Gen 12 ·8Gen 19 ·6Gen 13 ·6Gen 28 ·5Gen 18 ·4Ps 107 ·4Gen 15 ·4Gen 17 ·4

Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 13 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical

    On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereVideoOverview: Genesis 1–11BibleProject · 9 min · Free

    The single best free starting point for Genesis 1–11 — clear, visual, and faithful to the literary design.

  • VideoSpoken GospelSpoken Gospel · Free · evangelical

    Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.

  • ReferenceBook of Genesis — Visual GuideBibleProject · Free

    A free structured guide to the whole book — outline, themes, and links to each video.

  • DocumentaryIs Genesis History?Del Tackett · Free · evangelical

    A young-earth-creationist case for a literal Genesis, free on YouTube. (YEC is one view held by faithful Christians; others read Genesis differently — see the genre guide on how to read it.)

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryGenesis (Word Biblical Commentary)Gordon J. Wenham · Paid · evangelical

    For decades the gold-standard commentary on Genesis — technical but rich. (See the ranked list for alternatives like Hamilton, NICOT.)

  • BookThe Pentateuch as NarrativeJohn H. Sailhamer · ~560 pp · Library · evangelical

    A literary-theological reading that makes Genesis's design visible.

Commentaries & study tools

← Genesis 12Genesis 14 →