seekeroftruth
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Genesis 13:14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”
18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
a. Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16
Of course the studylight.org site has a lot to say about these verses.
God wanted to talk to Abram alone after Lot left. This was a promise made to Abram, not to Abrams nephew.
This promise of the land had been made to Abram when he lived in Ur of the Chaldeans (Genesis 12:1-3, Acts 7:2-4). God is now repeating this promise.
God also wanted to remind Abram that even though Abram had been generous enough to grant some of the land to Lot, God still said the land belonged to Abram.
This promise of the land had been made to Abram when he lived in Ur of the Chaldeans (Genesis 12:1-3, Acts 7:2-4). God is now repeating this promise.
God also wanted to remind Abram that even though Abram had been generous enough to grant some of the land to Lot, God still said the land belonged to Abram.
This was quite a promise to make to a childless man in his seventies or eighties. Yet Abram knew to walk by faith and not by sight.
As a token of Abrams reception of the land by faith, God wants Abram to explore the land of promise, to walk through it as if it were his, though, As a token of Abrams reception of the land by faith, God wants Abram to explore the land of promise, to walk through it as if it were his, though he did not have a record of ownership to the land yet.
In the same way, God wants us to explore a land of promise, for us - His Word – where God has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises (2 Peter 1:4), where He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). He wants us to walk through this land, possessing it by faith.
In the same way, God wants us to explore a land of promise, for us - His Word – where God has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises (2 Peter 1:4), where He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). He wants us to walk through this land, possessing it by faith.
The name Mamre means, vision. Hebron means communion. Abram once again walked in the Lords vision for him and in communion with the Lord.
Abram built another altar. He lived life in constant awareness of the need for a sacrificial atonement and covering.
Abram built another altar. He lived life in constant awareness of the need for a sacrificial atonement and covering.
Of course at age 80, given that Abraham lived to be 175 years, he was middle aged. When you're looking forward to a large family, and remain childless reaching middle age, it can be very disheartening. Now he had the land and no deed as well as the promise of children at middle age.
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