Genesis 13 Flashcards
Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
Genesis 13:2
Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
Genesis 13:4
and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:5
Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
Genesis 13:6
But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.
Genesis 13:7
And quarreling arose between Abram’s herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers.
Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:
Genesis 13:12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.
Genesis 13:14
The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west.
Genesis 13:15
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.