e-Ministries   
   by Jon Justvig   
   March 12, 2013   
          
   Issue #: 18   
      
   Gen 13:1  And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he   
   had, and Lot with him, into the south.  Gen 13:2  And Abram was very rich in   
   cattle, in silver, and in gold.   
      
   Abram was truely blessed and in good standings with the Lord and we will see   
   how so.   
       
   Gen 13:3  And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the   
   place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;  Gen   
   13:4  Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and   
   there Abram called on the name of the LORD.  Gen 13:5  And Lot also, which   
   went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.    
   Gen 13:6  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.   
      
   There seems to be conflict between Abram and Lot and all their possessions   
   where they cannot live together.  Seperation begins.   
       
   Gen 13:7  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.    
   Gen 13:8  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.  Gen 13:9  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.   
      
   Abram prayed to Lord and between him and Lot to go in seperate directions,   
   taking it upon Lot to decide which direction they shall turn.   
       
   Gen 13:10  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.    
   Gen 13:11  Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:   
   and they separated themselves the one from the other.    
      
   Taken as so, Lot chose to move to the east because of the land there was great   
   and there was a good water supply from the Jordan river.  And, Abram is still   
   deciding which direction he shall move.   
      
   Gen 13:12  Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities   
   of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.    
      
   We will soon see the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as it was written.   
      
   Gen 13:13  But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD   
   exceedingly.    
   Gen 13:14  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:  Gen 13:15  For all the land which   
   thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.   
      
   Wickedness and destructiveness is not in the eyes of our Lord, we are to do   
   good and to love.  We are not to lust, have greed and envy towards others.    
   Lot was somewhat in the middle at this point and the Lord has said in all the   
   land outside of it will he suppliment and flourish as Abram had the Lord's eye   
   in favor of him.   
       
   Gen 13:16  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.    
      
   Could you imagine counting every grain of sand from the dust of the earth?  To   
   get an idea, it will be great to the point where it seems like forever and   
   that it will be so large that it cannot count as the Lord knows each of the   
   hairs on our heads before we were even born.   
      
   Gen 13:17  Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth   
   of it; for I will give it unto thee.  Gen 13:18  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.    
      
   Abram went to the plain, flat land of Mamre and had built an alter there.    
   That is all the time we have for now.  I hope you are truly blessed by reading   
   these issues from e-Ministries and encourage to spread the Word of the Lord to   
   others as you have been blessed to bless others.  Lets think of love at this   
   point and time and be selfishless and care for others before yourselves as God   
   will take care of you while you take care of others and everyone will prosper.   
      
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