Genesis 13:10-12 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where… 1. Good men may be too hasty and solicitous for worldly advantage — as Lot. 2. The lust of the eye, covetous desire may misguide gracious souls sometimes in their choice. 3. Pleasant fruitful possessions on earth are apt to take up too much the care of the saints. 4. The pleasantest habitations are not always the best: if God grow angry. 5. God spares not to destroy the choicest places where sin abounds (ver. 10). 6. Good men may be too selfish. He offers not Abram the choice. 7. God's own left to their choice, may choose and possess the worst portion. 8. Brethren may be parted by choice of distinct portions, when ordered by God to higher ends (ver. 11). (G. Hughes, B. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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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