Discovery BoxGenesis 13:11 
Context13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled 1 toward the east.
So the relatives separated from each other. 2
Genesis 31:5
Context31:5 There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, 3 but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 33:3
Context33:3 But Jacob 4 himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached 5 his brother.
1 tn Heb “Lot traveled.” The proper name has not been repeated in the translation at this point for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “a man from upon his brother.”
sn Separated from each other. For a discussion of the significance of this event, see L. R. Helyer, “The Separation of Abram and Lot: Its Significance in the Patriarchal Narratives,” JSOT 26 (1983): 77-88.
3 tn Heb “I see the face of your father, that he is not toward me as formerly.”
4 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “until his drawing near unto his brother.” The construction uses the preposition with the infinitive construct to express a temporal clause.
