strife. The first step in Lot's downward course. Note Lot's six downward steps: Gen_13:7, "strife"; Gen_13:10, "beheld"; Gen_13:11, "chose": Gen_13:12, "pitched toward"; Gen_14:12, "dwelt in": Gen_19:1, "sat in its gate", as a ruler and citizen. See App-10.
Canaanite and Perizzite. See on Gen_12:6. These were the Nephilim. See App-23.
dwelled. Hebrew were dwelling.
then = already. See note on Gen_12:6.
in the land. Occupying it in advance, and spreading later to "the giant cities of Bashan".