Abram Chooses Peace

Abram came back from Egypt very rich in animals, silver and gold. Lot also had flocks, herds and tents. The land could not support them both, and their herdsmen began to quarrel.

Abram said to Lot, Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives. Isn't the whole land before you? He let Lot choose left or right, and he would go the other way. Abram was the older man and could have chosen first, but he let Lot choose.

Lot looked and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered, like the garden of the Lord. He chose it and moved his tents near Sodom, where the people were very wicked. After Lot left, God told Abram to look north, south, east and west. God promised to give him all that land and to make his offspring as many as the dust of the earth.