Study it in the app“YHWH said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;”
YHWHוַיהוָהsaidאָמַרto Abram,אֶל אַבְרָםafterאַחֲרֵיLotלוֹטhad separatedהִפָּרֶדfrom him,מֵעִמּוֹ“Lift upשָׂאnowנָאyour eyesעֵינֶיךָand lookוּרְאֵהfromמִןthe placeהַמָּקוֹםwhereאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהare,שָׁםnorthwardצָפֹנָהand southwardוָנֶגְבָּהand eastwardוָקֵדְמָהand westward;וָיָמָּה
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsAbram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appearsLot
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” appearsseparate
To go one's own way, like Abram and Lot.
Where else “hipared” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sa” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafona” appearssouth
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appearseast
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedma” appearswest
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears13Now the men of Sodom were evil and great sinners against YHWH.
14 · This verse (above)
15for all the land that you see I will give it to you and to your offspring forever.
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?
