1564. 'He had flocks and herds and tents' means the things that the external man has in abundance. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'flocks, herds, and tents' to be dealt with immediately below. Here they mean the possessions of the external man, for as has been stated, Lot represents the Lord's external man. Two types of things exist with the external man, namely those which can agree with the internal and those which cannot. 'Flocks, herds, and tents' here means those which cannot agree, as is clear from what follows in verse 7: 'And there was strife between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsman.'