Genesis 13 · Verse 14

Genesis 13:14

And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Genesis 13:14, King James Version

Genesis 13:14 in other translations

BSBAfter Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
WEBThe LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward:
YLTAnd Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, ‘Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
BBEAnd the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:
WebsterAnd the LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

What does Genesis 13:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 13:14-15
14-15. Lift up now thine eyes ... all the land which thou seest--So extensive a survey of the country, in all directions, can be obtained from no other point in the neighborhood; and those plains and hills, then lying desolate before the eyes of the solitary patriarch, were to be peopled with a mighty nation "like the dust of the earth in number," as they were in Solomon's time (1Ki 4:20).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The Lord said unto Abram - It is very likely that the angel of the covenant appeared to Abram in open day, when he could take a distinct view of the length and the breadth of this good land. The revelation made Gen 15:5, was evidently made in the night; for then he was called to number the stars, which could not be seen but in the night season: here he is called on to number the dust of the earth, Gen 13:16, which could not be seen but in the day-light.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 13:14-18
Those are best prepared for the visits of Divine grace, whose spirits are calm, and not ruffled with passion. God will abundantly make up in spiritual peace, what we lose for preserving neighbourly peace. When our relations are separated from us, yet God is not. Observe also the promises with which God now comforted and enriched Abram. Of two things he assures him; a good land, and a numerous issue to enjoy it. The prospects seen by faith are more rich and beautiful than those we see around us. God bade him walk through the land, not to think of fixing in it, but expect to be always unsettled, and walking through it to a better Canaan. He built an altar, in token of his thankfulness to God. When God meets us with gracious promises, he expects that we should attend him with humble praises. In outward difficulties, it is very profitable for the true believer to mediate on the glorious inheritance which the Lord has for him at the last.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 13:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיהוָ֞הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamAbramH87
אַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הִפָּֽרֶד\־hi.pa.red-separatedH6504
ל֣וֹטLotLotH3876
מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹme.'i.Mofrom with <the> himH5973
שָׂ֣אsa'lift upH5375
נָ֤אna'pleaseH4994
עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869
וּרְאֵ֔הu.re.'Ehand lookH7200
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
אַתָּ֣ה'a.TahyouH859
שָׁ֑םSham[are] thereH8033
צָפֹ֥נָהtza.Fo.nahnorth -wardH6828
וָנֶ֖גְבָּהva.Neg.bahand south -wardH5045
וָקֵ֥דְמָהva.Ke.de.mahand east -wardH6924
וָיָֽמָּה\׃va.Ya.mahand west -wardH3220

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 13:14

  • Deuteronomy 3:27

    Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  • Genesis 28:14

    And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Isaiah 49:18

    Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

  • Isaiah 60:4

    Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Lift.
10; Isa 49:18; 60:4
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28:14; De 3:27

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Context

  • Genesis 13:13

    But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  • Genesis 13:14

    And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

  • Genesis 13:15

    For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

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Genesis 13:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jehová dijo á Abram, después que Lot se apartó de él: Alza ahora tus ojos, y mira desde el lugar donde estás hacia el Aquilón, y al Mediodía, y al Oriente y al Occidente;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel dit à Abram, après que Lot se fut séparé de lui: Lève tes yeux, et regarde, du lieu où tu es, vers le nord, et vers le midi, et vers l’orient, et vers l’occident;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach zu Abram, nachdem Lot sich von ihm getrennt hatte: Hebe doch deine Augen auf und schaue von dem Orte, wo du bist, gegen Norden und gegen Süden und gegen Osten und gegen Westen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixitque Dominus ad Abram, postquam divisus est ab eo Lot: Leva oculos tuos et vide a loco, in quo nunc es, ad aquilonem et meridiem, ad orientem et occidentem.