Genesis 13:

Summary: Abram leaves Egypt. There is contention between Lot's people adn Abram's people. They separate from each other and divide the land. The Lord renews his promise of land to Abram. He is also promised a great posterity.

Personal Reflection: I feel absorbed in my own thoughts this evening and not really able to give this chapter the attention it deserves. I gave David Guzik a lot of credit in the last chapter, but I think he goes a little overboard in his commentary on chapter 13. He talks about all the time in Egypt being wasted. He says that Abram sinned, and he only went into Egypt because he didn't trust God enough, etc. I don't think there is really support in the scriptures for that, though I did mostly agree with Guzik on the point in the previous chapter.

I think it is sad that Abram and Lot end up parting. I honestly believe that Abram was a good influence on Lot. Lot looked up to him, and the two of them got along really well. I think if their herdsmen hadn't fought that the whole Sodom and Gomorrah story may have turned out a lot differently (get it? "A Lot." Oh wow, that was a bad joke). I do agree with Guzik that Abram was very selfless to give Lot his choice of land. I also agree that Lot was foolish to pitch his tent "toward Sodom." He will later end up in Sodom.

Finally, I find comfort in the fact that God renews his promises to Abram. In my life it seems like I only feel prompted once to do something, but that God is always willing to comfort me and reassure me of his presence and his love.