19 Why ſaideſt thou, ſhe is my fiſter ? ſo I might have taken her to me to wite m: now therefore behold thy. wife, take ber, and go thy way. @_ Ez
» Though he had another before; Polygamy being then commonly prattiſed. : ;
29 And Pharaoh commanded þ;s men concerning him - : and they ſent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
» (i.e. ) Gave them a charge concerning him for his ſafe condu&t whither he pleaſed.
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Abram retuſns from Egypt to Canaan with Lot, 1« He comes to Bethel ; calls en the Lord, 3, 4. Afram and Lot being bath very rich are obliged to part. Int goes to Sodom, 5---=-=- -='2 The men of S\d'm »xceeding wicked, 13. God renews his Promiſe ## Abram concerning Cmaan, and a
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numereus iſſue, 14---17. Abram removes t0 Mamre, and there builds an .
altar, 18.
N D, Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the ſouth 2. |
s (i.e,) Into the Southern part of Canaan. from whence he came, Gen: 12; 9: and which in Scriprureis called {imply the South, Feſ- 10: 14: and 1: 16 Otherwiſe he went carher into the Norrh : But the Scrip* ure, being written for the Jews, doth frequzntly accommodate the Names of the quarters of rh: World to them.
2 And Abram as very rich in cattel, in filver, and in gold. |
2 Andhe went on his journey b from the ſouth, even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been ac the beginning, betweer. Beth-el and Hai,
b Or rather, according to Þis journeys which he took as he came, going in the ſame Road, and reſting in the fame piace, of which he had experience. |
4 Unto the * place of the altar c which he had made there at the firit : and there Abram called on the name of the-LORD 4. |
c (7.e.) Where the Altar was ; for the Altar it ſelf was either fallen down, as being provably built of Earth, as afrerwards, Exod, 20: 24: oroverthrown by rhe wicked Canaamtes. d4(7.e. ) Worſhipped Got by Prayer, and Preaching to his Family, Gen: 18: 19; and oiiering Sacrificess See Gen: 4: 26: and 12:8. |
5 1 And Lot alſo which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. ;
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their ſubltance was great, fo that they couid not dwell together. |
7 And there was a ſtrife between the herds-men of Abrams cattel, and the herds-men of Lots cattel : and the Canaanite e and the Perizzite dwelt then ih the land f. | |
e(7 e. ) The Canaanites, a5 Gen: 12:6: the ſingular number for the Jon as Pſal: 18: 45: and 105: 33, 40. f (7. e )' Were the Lords and Owners of it, and cheref'xre 4bram and Lot could nor take what Paſtures they pleaſed, but ſuch as the others lefr them, which was not ſufficient for their conveniency. It may alſo be added as a reaſon of Abram's following motion, becanſe thar Tdolatrous People
ere preſent, apd diligently obſerved all their Contentions and \ other Mifczrriages ; and would, doubtleis, take occaſion thence to | diſparag= the rue Religion. And it muſt be remembred, that theſe
are the words not of Abram, bur of Moſes ; who, knowing that rhe
Canaanites were then ſpeediiy to be'turned our of tix Land, 1atimares THeb. men t
brethren.
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, were poſle({t, an Sce chap. the Land.
bat_ the/ caſe was otherwile in Abram's days, when the Canaanites
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! Or, even untill thou comeſt, 1. e, till a man come to Zoar, i. e. all
d were likely to continue the Poſleflors and Lords of
8 And Abram ſaid unto Lot g, Let there be no ſtrife,
I pray thee, between me and thee, and þ between my” Inf. 1. TRI -Wor mede rolthers apo contin wrt AR: 7:26: herds-men and thy herds-men, . for we be 7 brethren 5. |
even as the Garden of the LORD », like the land of Egypt o, as thou comelt unto Zoar p. |
m A grear Plain fo called, becaule there rhe pleaſant River Tordax divided it ſelf into divers little Streams or Rivulets, which having no viſible out-ler into the Sea, by degrees, and in ſeveral places inſinuated themſelves into the Exth, which made it very fruitful and excellent for Lor's purpoſe. Butthis lovely Plain was afrerwards transformed by Divine Vengeance into a filrly Lake or dead Sea, Gen: 19:. n( 4.e,) Eirher 1. Like that famous Garden of Eden which God himſelf planted, Gzy: 2; 10, The like compariſon we meet with, Iſai. 51: 3: Ezeky 28: 13: and' 31: 8: Os, 2. Lik: ſome excellenr Garden : For &xcllent things are thus expreſſcd, as the hoſt of God, 1 Chron: 12: 22: 7. e. a great hoſt : Cedart ef God, Pſal. 80: 10: o A Land of eminent fertility by the influence of that great River Nilus ; anc:ently celebrated as the Granary of other Countries. See Ezek: 31. p (i.e. ) To Bela, Gen: 14: 2: afterwards called Zoar, G-n: 19: 22: and here ſo cailed by a Prolepſis. ' But theſe words are not to he joyned with the words immediately going before, as if Egypt was commended for its fertiliry in thay part of it, from whici men go ro.Zoar, but with the more remore words, and the ſenle is, as the words of the Text are rrarſplaced and rendred by ſome, that The plain of Jordan was ( before the Lord deſtroyed it. ard its Cities Sedom and Gomorrah ). watered every where, even to Zuar 1
the way Whici1 leads from the place where Abram then was, to Zoar, And ſuch tranſpoſitions are not unuſual, as we fall ſee here. after,
1: Then Lot choſe him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed eaſt q: and they ſeparated theme!
Ves, ; the + one from the other. boanp = |4 Heb. From the Eaft, or, Eaftwai'd, as the Hebrew particle min, FES brother; 1s i>metimes uſed, See Ger: 2: 8; 2 Sam: 2: 2: compared with
1 Chron: 13. G6.
{2 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his rent toward Sodom. |
13 But the men of Sodom were * wicked, and ſinners * pe: before the LORD » exceedingly. | 16: 49:
r Eminent, noted and impudent Sinners. See Gen: 18: 20' Exek: I6: 49: which is here added, as a fecrer Reproef to Lot, who was either careleſs in his enquiry into the diſpoſirions and manners of thoſe among whom he intended to fix his abode ; which for many Reaſons he thould have ſearched cut : Or he was willing to expole bimſc!f to all. the hizards which he might incur by their Neighbours hood and familiarity, for the ſweetneſs and fertility of the Soil. Ari errour which 1s frequently committed by Men in the choice of their Habirarions, and which oft coſts them dear, as it did Zot in the f6. lowing Story. 7