Genesis 13:1
1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Why does he keep going south?
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Genesis 13:2
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Where did Abram get all his riches?
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Genesis 13:3
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;
If he is going south, how does he get to the place he was at in the beginning?
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Genesis 13:4
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.
Was he calling for repentance or praising God?
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Genesis 13:5
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
So where did Lot get his wealth?
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Genesis 13:6
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.
Do you think God actually wanted Lot there in the first place?
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Genesis 13:7
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.
Why is it mentioned, "and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land"?
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Genesis 13:8
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.
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Genesis 13:9
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.
Why do you think Abram gave the choice to Lot? Why not just tell him were to get off?
Does this sound like Lot is tagging along or does it sound like Abram brought him?
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Genesis 13:10
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.
What does the phrase, "before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah" reveal about the time this text was written?
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Genesis 13:11
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Why didn't Lot try to split the good land with Abram?
What kind of person do you think Lot was?
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Genesis 13:12
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Was Lot actually in Sodom?
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Genesis 13:13
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
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Genesis 13:14
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:
Why did God wait until after Lot was gone?
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Genesis 13:15
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Do you think it was a cloudy day?
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Genesis 13:16
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.
Does numbered mean counted?
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Genesis 13:17
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Why did God want Abram to walk through the land?
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Genesis 13:18
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.
Do we do anything today that would be similar to building an altar (either spiritual or physical)?
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