The Meaning of Genesis 13:5 Explained

Genesis 13:5

KJV: And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

YLT: And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents;

Darby: And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks, and herds, and tents.

ASV: And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Lot  also, which went  with  Abram,  had flocks,  and herds,  and tents. 

What does Genesis 13:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 13:1-13 - Abram And Lot Part
The patriarch, like a restored backslider, made his way back to the old spot, on the highlands of Bethel, where his first tent and altar had stood. Through his wanderings hitherto there had been a depressing element of worldliness in his camp, through the presence of Lot, who, like many more, was swept along by his uncle's religion, but had little of his own. Feeling that separation was inevitable, and that God would surely care for him, Abram offered Lot his choice. See Psalms 16:5. The younger man chose according to the sight of his eyes. In his judgment he gained the world-but see 2 Peter 2:7-8. The world is full of Lots-shallow, impulsive, doomed to be revealed by their choice and end. "Let there be no strife!" Blessed are the peacemakers! Wherever the interests of peace can be conserved through the sacrifice of your own interests, be prepared to forfeit the advantage, but stand like a rock when God's truth is in balance. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 13

1  Abram and Lot return with great riches out of Egypt
6  Strife arises between Abram's herdsmen and those of Lot
8  Abram allows Lot to choose his part of the country,
10  and Lot goes toward Sodom
14  God renews his promise to Abram
18  He moves to Hebron, and there builds an altar

What do the individual words in Genesis 13:5 mean?

And also Lot who went with Abram had flocks and herds and tents
וְגַם־ לְל֔וֹט הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ אֶת־ אַבְרָ֑ם הָיָ֥ה צֹאן־ וּבָקָ֖ר וְאֹהָלִֽים

וְגַם־  And  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
לְל֔וֹט  Lot 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֹוט  
Sense: son of Haran and Abraham’s nephew who settled in Sodom and was delivered from its destruction by God.
הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ  who  went 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
אַבְרָ֑ם  Abram 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַבְרָם  
Sense: original name of Abraham.
צֹאן־  flocks 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צֹאן  
Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
וּבָקָ֖ר  and  herds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּקָר  
Sense: cattle, herd, oxen, ox.
וְאֹהָלִֽים  and  tents 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.

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