Genesis 13:14-173. The Third Manifestation of God to Abraham (Genesis 13:14-17) This vision of God was granted to Abraham for the reassurance of the promised blessing. It was doubtless to comfort him in the reaction which he must have suffered from his experience in Egypt and with Lot. It was also to reward him for his unselfishness in connection with the Lot episode. A personal element is introduced into this reassured promise. The land which had before been promised to his seed (Genesis 12:7) is now promised to Abraham personally. The servants of Abraham, who, no doubt, had witnessed the controversy between Abraham and Lot, may have been tempted to think that Abraham was foolish in allowing his nephew to get the advantage over him in the choice of land. God would teach them, as well as His servant Abraham, that the “ meek shall inherit the earth.” We are told in Genesis 13:10 that “ Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of Jordan.” We are here told (Genesis 13:14) that God said to Abraham, “ Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.”