CHAPTER 13

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by VirtualCheese39

by VirtualCheese39

Abram bounced from Egypt with his wife, all his stuff, and Lot, heading south. Dude was loaded with cattle, silver, and gold. #RichLife

He went from spot to spot until he hit up Bethel, where he first camped out and built an altar. Back at his old altar spot, Abram hit up the LORD again.

Lot, rolling with Abram, also had his own mob of flocks, herds, and tents. The place was too cramped for both their crews; their gear was just too much. Tension brewed between Abram's and Lot's herdsmen. Didn't help that locals, Canaanites and Perizzites, were also hanging around.

Abram was like, "Yo, Lot, let's not beef. We're family, after all. Check it, the whole land's in front of you. Just pick a side, left or right, and I'll take the other."

Lot scoped out the Jordan plain, seeing it was lush like the LORD's garden, pre-Sodom and Gomorrah disaster, looking all like Egypt up to Zoar. Lot chose the Jordan plain, setting up east, and they split. Abram stayed in Canaan while Lot moved near Sodom. But Sodom's dudes were notorious for being the worst.

Post-split, the LORD told Abram, "Scope out all directions. All this land? It's yours and your kids' forever. I'll make your offspring as countless as dust. If you can count dust, you can count them. Take a walk, explore the length and breadth; it's all yours."

So Abram moved and set up camp in Mamre's plains in Hebron, building another altar to the LORD.