Old Testament · Law

Genesis chapter 13

So Abram went up from Egypt—he, his wife, and everything he had—and Lot went with him, heading into the .Abram had become very —rich in livestock, silver, and gold.He traveled from the Negev all the way to —to the place between Bethel and where he had first set up his tent,to the site of the he had built there earlier. And there Abram .Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents of his own.But the land couldn’t support both of them living together. They had so much that they just couldn’t coexist in the same area.Conflict broke out between the herders working for Abram and the herders working for Lot. (The and were also living in the land at that time.)So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any conflict between you and me, or between your herders and mine. , after all.”“The whole land is right there in front of you. Let’s go our separate ways. If you head left, I’ll go right. If you head right, I’ll go left.”Lot looked around and saw that the whole was well-watered everywhere—this was before Yahweh destroyed and —like , like the land of Egypt all the way to .So Lot chose the entire Jordan plain for himself and . That’s how they separated from each other.Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the plain and .Now the people of Sodom were —.After Lot had separated from him, Yahweh said to Abram, “Look around from where you’re standing—north, south, east, and west.”“Because all the land that you see, I’m giving to you and your .”“I’ll make your descendants like the —so that if anyone could actually count every speck of dust, then they could count your descendants too.”“Get up and —its whole length and width—because I’m giving it to you.”So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the at , and he built an there to Yahweh.