Genesis 13 - The Elect of God Royal Academy

Chapter Summary

Abram returns from Egypt, rich in livestock, silver, and gold. He returns to the altar between Bethel and Ai and calls upon the name of YHVH. Because of the abundance of their possessions, strife arises, and Abram offers Lot the first choice of the land. Lot chooses the well-watered Jordan Valley and moves toward Sodom. Abram remains in the land of Canaan. YHVH then renews the promise: all the land Abram sees will be given to him and his offspring forever, and his offspring will be as the dust of the earth. Abram settles by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron and builds an altar to YHVH.The Power of the words of return, wealth, separation, choice, and the renewed promise is visible throughout. The three-witness reading shows the same faithful sojourning in the land of promise and the continuing covenant with Abram and his offspring.

What You Will Learn in Genesis 13

Abram returns from Egypt rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
He returns to the altar between Bethel and Ai and calls upon the name of YHVH.
Strife arises because of the abundance of possessions, and Abram offers Lot the first choice of the land.
Lot chooses the well-watered Jordan Valley and moves toward Sodom.
Abram remains in the land of Canaan.
YHVH renews the promise that all the land Abram sees will be given to him and his offspring forever, and that his offspring will be as the dust of the earth.
Abram settles by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron and builds an altar to YHVH.
The Power of the key words of return, separation, and promise, and the three-witness reading of the continuing covenant.

Note on Repeated Witnesses
Certain passages (especially Hebrews 11:8–10 and Surah Al-Anbiya 21:51) appear more than once. This is intentional. The chapter itself moves from the return and the altar, through the separation from Lot, into the renewed promise of the land. Repeating the clearest Gospel and Quranic witnesses allows the disciple to see the same truths of faithful sojourning and the covenant promise from multiple angles.

How to Read This Chapter
Each section is presented with the full English text, the Hebrew with word-by-word Power values and Verse Power, key numeric highlights, a full Gospel parallel, and a full Quranic parallel. The Power remains front and center. Chapter-level notes gather the larger patterns so the individual verses stay clean and focused.

Chapter Summary

What You Will Learn in Genesis 13

Abram returns from Egypt rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
He returns to the altar between Bethel and Ai and calls upon the name of YHVH.
Strife arises because of the abundance of possessions, and Abram offers Lot the first choice of the land.
Lot chooses the well-watered Jordan Valley and moves toward Sodom.
Abram remains in the land of Canaan.
YHVH renews the promise that all the land Abram sees will be given to him and his offspring forever, and that his offspring will be as the dust of the earth.
Abram settles by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron and builds an altar to YHVH.
The Power of the key words of return, separation, and promise, and the three-witness reading of the continuing covenant.

Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.

Hebrew
וַיַּעַל אַבְרָם מִמִּצְרַיִם הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְלוֹט עִמּוֹ הַנֶּגְבָּה

Verse Power: 2,329 Key Power highlights:

He goes up from Egypt with all that he had

Genesis 13:2
Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

Hebrew
וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב

Verse Power: 701 Key Power highlights:

כָּבֵד מְאֹד = very rich
Livestock, silver, and gold

Genesis 13:3
And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

Hebrew
וַיֵּלֶךְ לְמַסָּעָיו מִנֶּגֶב וְעַד־בֵּית־אֵל עַד־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה שָׁם אָהֳלֹה בַּתְּחִלָּה בֵּין בֵּית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעָי

Verse Power: 3,170 Key Power highlights:

He returns to the place where his tent had been at the beginning

Genesis 13:4
to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of YHVH.

Hebrew
אֶל־מְקוֹם הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה שָׁם בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה

Verse Power: 3,321 Key Power highlights:

He returns to the altar he had made at the first
וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם אַבְרָם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה = and there Abram called upon the name of YHVH

Gospel
Hebrews 11:8–9
Πίστει καλούμενος Ἀβραὰμ ὑπήκουσεν ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τόπον ὃν ἤμελλεν λαμβάνειν εἰς κληρονομίαν… Πίστει παρῴκησεν εἰς γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ὡς ἀλλοτρίαν ἐν σκηναῖς κατοικήσας…

English:
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance… By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents…

Quran
Surah Al-Anbiya 21:51
وَלَقَדْ آتَיْנَا إِבְרָاهִים רֻשְדָהּ מִן קַבְלֻ וַכֻנָּא בִהִי עָאלִמִין

English:
And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing.

Combined Power of 13:1–4: 9,521

Genesis 13:5
And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,

Hebrew
וְגַם־לְלוֹט הַהֹלֵךְ אֶת־אַבְרָם הָיָה צֹאן־וּבָקָר וְאֹהָלִים

Verse Power: 1,389 Key Power highlights:

Lot also has flocks, herds, and tents

Genesis 13:6
so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

Hebrew
וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו כִּי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו

Verse Power: 3,566 Key Power highlights:

רְכוּשָׁם רָב = their possessions were so great
The land could not support them dwelling together

Genesis 13:7
and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

Hebrew
וַיְהִי־רִיב בֵּין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־אַבְרָם וּבֵין רֹעֵי מִקְנֵה־לוֹט וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי אָז יֹשֵׁב בָּאָרֶץ

Verse Power: 2,743 Key Power highlights:

רִיב = 212 (strife)
Between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot

Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.

Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־לוֹט אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין רֹעַי וּבֵין רֹעֶיךָ כִּי־אֲנָשִׁים אַחִים אֲנָחְנוּ

Verse Power: 2,811 Key Power highlights:

אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה = let there be no strife
כִּי־אֲנָשִׁים אַחִים אֲנָחְנוּ = for we are kinsmen

Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

Hebrew
הֲלֹא כָל־הָאָרֶץ לְפָנֶיךָ הִפָּרֶד נָא מֵעָלָי אִם־הַשְּׂמֹאל וְאֵימִנָה וְאִם־הַיָּמִין וְאַשְׂמְאִילָה

Verse Power: 2,146 Key Power highlights:

הִפָּרֶד נָא מֵעָלָי = separate yourself from me
Abram offers Lot the first choice of the land

Gospel
Hebrews 11:8–9
Πίστει καλούμενος Ἀβραὰμ ὑπήκουσεν ἐξελθεῖν… Πίστει παρῴκησεν εἰς γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ὡς ἀλλοτρίαν…

English:
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out… By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land…Quran
Surah Al-Anbiya 21:51
וَل

Genesis 13:5
And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,

Hebrew
וְגַם־לְלוֹט הַהֹלֵךְ אֶת־אַבְרָם הָיָה צֹאן־וּבָקָר וְאֹהָלִים

Verse Power: 1,389 Key Power highlights:

Lot also has flocks, herds, and tents

Genesis 13:6
so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

Verse Power: 3,566 Key Power highlights:

רְכוּשָׁם רָב = their possessions were so great
The land could not support them dwelling together

Genesis 13:7
and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

Verse Power: 2,743 Key Power highlights:

רִיב = 212 (strife)
Between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot

Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.

Verse Power: 2,811 Key Power highlights:

אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה = let there be no strife
כִּי־אֲנָשִׁים אַחִים אֲנָחְנוּ = for we are kinsmen

Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

Verse Power: 2,146 Key Power highlights:

הִפָּרֶד נָא מֵעָלָי = separate yourself from me
Abram offers Lot the first choice of the land

Gospel
Hebrews 11:9
Πίστει παρῴκησεν εἰς γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ὡς ἀλλοτρίαν ἐν σκηναῖς κατοικήσας μετὰ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ τῶν συγκληρονόμων τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τῆς αὐτῆς

English:
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

Quran
Surah Al-Anbiya 21:51
وَلَقَדْ آتَיْנָא إִבְרָהִים רֻשְדָהּ מִן קַבְלֻ וַכֻנָּא בִהִי עָאלִמִין

English:
And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing.

Combined Power of 13:5–9: 12,655

Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of YHVH, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before YHVH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Hebrew
וַיִּשָּׂא־לוֹט אֶת־עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת־כָּל־כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּי כֻלָּהּ מַשְׁקֶה לִפְנֵי שַׁחֵת יְהוָה אֶת־סְדֹם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָה כְּגַן־יְהוָה כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בֹּאֲכָה צֹעַר

Verse Power: 5,925 Key Power highlights:

כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן = the Jordan Valley
Like the garden of YHVH

Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other.

Hebrew
וַיִּבְחַר־לוֹ לוֹט אֵת כָּל־כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיִּסַּע לוֹט מִקֶּדֶם וַיִּפָּרְדוּ אִישׁ מֵעַל אָחִיו

Verse Power: 2,424 Key Power highlights:

Lot chooses the Jordan Valley
וַיִּפָּרְדוּ = they separated

Genesis 13:12
Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

Hebrew
אַבְרָם יָשַׁב בְּאֶרֶץ־כְּנָעַן וְלוֹט יָשַׁב בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר וַיֶּאֱהַל עַד־סְדֹם

Verse Power: 2,158 Key Power highlights:

Abram remains in the land of Canaan
Lot moves as far as Sodom

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against YHVH.

Hebrew
וְאַנְשֵׁי סְדֹם רָעִים וְחַטָּאִים לַיהוָה מְאֹד

Verse Power: 966 Key Power highlights:

רָעִים וְחַטָּאִים = wicked, great sinners

Genesis 13:14
YHVH said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

Hebrew
וַיהוָה אָמַר אֶל־אַבְרָם אַחֲרֵי הִפָּרֶד־לוֹט מֵעִמּוֹ שָׂא נָא עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה מִן־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה שָׁם צָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה וָקֵדְמָה וָיָמָּה

Verse Power: 4,009 Key Power highlights:

After Lot separated, YHVH speaks
Lift up your eyes and look in all four directions

Gospel
Hebrews 11:9–10
Πίστει παρῴκησεν εἰς γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας… ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός.

English:
By faith he went to live in the land of promise… For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

Quran
Surah Al-Anbiya 21:51
וَل

Genesis 13:10–14Genesis 13:10
English
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of YHVH, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before YHVH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Verse Power: 5,925 Key Power highlights:

כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן = the Jordan Valley
Like the garden of YHVH

Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other.

Verse Power: 2,424 Key Power highlights:

Lot chooses the Jordan Valley
וַיִּפָּרְדוּ = they separated

Genesis 13:12
Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

Hebrew
אַבְרָם יָשַׁב בְּאֶרֶץ־כְּנָעַן וְלוֹט יָשַׁב בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר וַיֶּאֱהַל עַד־סְדֹם

Verse Power: 2,158 Key Power highlights:

Abram remains in the land of Canaan
Lot moves as far as Sodom

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against YHVH.

Hebrew
וְאַנְשֵׁי סְדֹם רָעִים וְחַטָּאִים לַיהוָה מְאֹד

Verse Power: 966 Key Power highlights:

רָעִים וְחַטָּאִים = wicked, great sinners

Genesis 13:14
YHVH said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

Verse Power: 4,009 Key Power highlights:

After Lot separated, YHVH speaks
Lift up your eyes and look in all four directions

English:
By faith he went to live in the land of promise… For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

Quran
Surah Al-Anbiya 21:51
וَل

Combined Power of 13:10–14: 15,482

Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.

Hebrew
כִּי אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה רֹאֶה לְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה וּלְזַרְעֲךָ עַד־עוֹלָם

Verse Power: 2,999 Key Power highlights:

אֶתְּנֶנָּה = 506 (“I will give it”)
עַד־עוֹלָם = forever

Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

Hebrew
וְשַׂמְתִּי אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אִם־יוּכַל אִישׁ לִמְנוֹת אֶת־עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ גַּם־זַרְעֲךָ יִמָּנֶה

Verse Power: 5,057 Key Power highlights:

כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ = as the dust of the earth
The offspring will be beyond counting

Genesis 13:17
Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”

Hebrew
קוּם הִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ לְאָרְכָּהּ וּלְרָחְבָּהּ כִּי לְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה

Verse Power: 1,992 Key Power highlights:

קוּם הִתְהַלֵּךְ = Arise, walk through
The entire length and breadth of the land

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to YHVH.

Hebrew
וַיֶּאֱהַל אַבְרָם וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּבֶן־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה

Verse Power: 2,296 Key Power highlights:

בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא = the oaks of Mamre
He builds another altar to YHVH at Hebron

Gospel
Hebrews 11:9–10
Πίστει παρῴκησεν εἰς γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ὡς ἀλλοτρίαν ἐν σκηναῖς κατοικήσας… ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν πόλιν ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ θεός.

English:
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents… For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

Quran
Surah Al-Anbiya 21:51
וَل