Abram (part 2)

Okay, now I am going on to the next section in Abram's life:




 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South.
Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.  And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord. (Genesis 13: 1-4)

 Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. (Genesis 13:6)

Lot and Abram could not share the land because they each had their own livestock and gatherings. So they had to decide who would get what land. Abram didn't want to start a fight, so he simply said that if Lot picks the left, then he will go to the right or vice versa.

While Lot looked over at the land of the Jordan...

...he decided he wanted that one. (so he went east) I am kind of surprised that they knew where north, south, east, and west was...I mean this is like  me trying to figure out a compass:

ANYWAY, Abram took Canaan.

And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward;   for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.  And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.  Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” (Genesis 13: 14-17)

WOW! Imagine how honored Abram must have felt. How would you feel? After all that walking, I would probably look like this: (okay, this is a little exaggerative :p)

But... I am guessing Abram didn't look like that.

 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre,which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord. (Genesis 13:18)

TO BE CONTINUED...