Genesis 13 in the early church
59 passages quote, allude to, or echo Genesis 13, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 5 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18
Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:1–18 | Genesis, lines 450–473 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
| Gen 13:1–12 | City of God 16.20 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Gen 13:1–16 | Book 3, lines 383–407 · Claudius Marius Victor | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-430 |
Genesis 13:2
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 3.8 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Gen 13:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 13.3 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Gen 13:2 | Letter 14 · Ammonas | allusion, low confidence | ca. 340-360 |
| Gen 13:2 | Letter 66.11 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 13:2 | Letter 79.1 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 13:2 | Letter 157.23 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Gen 13:2 | Sermon 14.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Gen 13:2 | Genesis, lines 426–449 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, medium confidence | early 5th cent. |
| Gen 13:2 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 126 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
| Gen 13:2 | Sermon 121 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
Genesis 13:5
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:5–12 | Fragment 13 · Julius Africanus | allusion, high confidence | after 221 |
Genesis 13:7
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:7 | Fragments on Genesis, column 111 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:8 | Against Helvidius 16 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383 |
| Gen 13:8 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 10.2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| Gen 13:8 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 28.3 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| Gen 13:8 | City of God 16.19 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | 413–426 |
| Gen 13:8–9 | City of God 16.20 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:9 | Fragments on Genesis, column 111 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:10 | Homilies on Ezekiel 9.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Gen 13:10 | Homilies on Ezekiel 10.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Gen 13:10–11 | Poem 2 (Sodoma), lines 123–148 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 4th-5th cent. (disputed) |
| Gen 13:10–11 | On Sodom, lines 123–146 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 4th-5th century (disputed) |
| Gen 13:10–11 | Letter 66.11 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 13:10 | Letter 71.1 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 13:10 | City of God 21.8 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Gen 13:10 | Seven Books of History against the Pagans 1.5.7 · Orosius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 417–418 |
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:11 | Against Helvidius 16 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 383 |
Genesis 13:12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:12 | Miscellanies 2.20.103 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:13 | On the Christian Life 13 · Fastidius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 411-430 |
Genesis 13:14
After 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,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:14 | 1 Clement 10.4 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Gen 13:14 | Against Heresies 5.32.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Gen 13:14 | Fragments on Genesis, column 111 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 13:14 | Commentary on Romans 4.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Gen 13:14 | Commentary on the Apocalypse 21.2 · Victorinus of Pettau | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Gen 13:14 | Prophetic Extracts 1.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Gen 13:14–17 | City of God 16.21 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:15 | 1 Clement 10.4 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Gen 13:15 | Against Heresies 5.30.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Gen 13:15 | Against Heresies 5.32.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Gen 13:15 | Miscellanies 5.1.4 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Gen 13:15 | Fragments on Genesis, column 111 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 13:15 | Commentary on Romans 4.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Gen 13:15 | Commentary on Romans 4.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Gen 13:15 | Commentary on Romans 7.19 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Gen 13:15 | Commentary on the Apocalypse 21.2 · Victorinus of Pettau | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Gen 13:15 | Tractates on the Psalms 138.40 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:16 | 1 Clement 10.5 · Clement of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Gen 13:16 | Tractates on the Psalms 138.40 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Gen 13:16 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 22.32 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
Genesis 13:17
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:17 | Against Heresies 5.32.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Gen 13:17–18 | Book 3, lines 408–430 · Claudius Marius Victor | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-430 |
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 13:18 | Miscellanies 5.1.4 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Gen 13:18 | Commentary on Romans 4.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Gen 13:18 | Life of Constantine 3.53.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Gen 13:18 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 4.23 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370 |
| Gen 13:18 | City of God 16.22 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |