Monday, October 31, 2011

Genesis 13: 12 - 18

12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
 13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
 14And 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:
 15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
 16And 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.
 17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
 18Then 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.

For those who care or wonder, yes, I do have a life, I just prefer to have a very quiet one. I enjoy reading the bible and writing for others to comment on. I do not get paid for writing this blog and I know there are plenty of other writings out there about what the bible means. I write this for those who think there may still be surprises.

So, we have Lot headed off to Sodom and Gomorrah and God tells Abram to pick any place he wishes. You see it didn't matter where Abram went, God was going to make it work. Abram went to plain of Mamre and built an alter to the Lord. He wanted to recognize that God was with him and did it in the manner he knew of Egypt, he built an alter.

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