Bible Stories: Abraham #3

Genesis 13:1–18 KJV 1900

1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. 14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

I. Abram left Egypt in obedience to God’s wishes.

A. Sarai went with him.

B. Lot went with him.

C. His whole household went with him.

II. Abram was a very rich man.

A. In Cattle.

B. In Gold.

C. In Silver.

III. They traveled back to where they had been before and had started.

A. Where Abram had built an altar.

B. Where Abram had talked to the Lord

C.

IV. Lot traveled with him.

A. They had a ton of stuff.

1. Flocks.

2. Tents.

3. Herds.

B. They had too much stuff for the land to handle.

C. Their substance was great.

D. They were at odds with the inhabitants of the land.

E. There was strife between Lot’s herdsm

A. Let’s not fight because we are brethren.

B. Lot choose the good land.

1. well watered plains of Jordan.

2. It was near to the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

3. Lot dwelt near them.

VI. Abram’s reward from God.

A. A promise of God.

B. The land would be his and his children’s forever.

C. Abram dwelt away from wickedness and built an altar and worshipped God.