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So Lotוַ לוֹטchoseיִּבְחַרfor himselfלוֹthe wholeאֵת כָּלplainכִּכַּרof the Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןand Lotוַ לוֹטjourneyedיִּסַּעeastward;מִקֶּדֶםand they separated,וַיִּפָּרְדוּeachאִישׁfromמֵעַלhis brother.אָחִיו
Genesis 13:11
Study it in the app“So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward; and they separated, each from his brother.”
Abram lets Lot choose, to avoid a quarrel between their herdsmenConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 13:11, word by word
- So Lotלוֹטlot
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appears- choseיִּבְחַרyivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “yivchar” appears- plainכִּכַּרkikar
plain
Literally "the circle": the lowland around the Jordan.
Where else “kikar” appears- of the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- journeyedיִּסַּעyisa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisa” appears- eastwardקֶּדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears- and they separatedיִּפָּרְדוּyipardu
separate
To go one's own way, like Abram and Lot.
Where else “yipardu” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- his brotherאָחִיachi
one another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “achi” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
10Lot lifted his eyes and saw the whole plain of the Jordan, that all of it was well-watered (before YHWH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of YHWH, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar.
11 · This verse (above)
12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
To study Genesis 13 in a group
1. What it says
How did Abram settle the conflict with Lot, and which place did each one choose (vv. 8-12)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Abram that he let Lot choose the land first (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
How can you yield in a disagreement today in order to protect a relationship?