BRAGADAYJAH 36

In this episode we see qualities of justice and nobility; qualities which may explain why God chose Abram above all the other men of earth. Here we see a man who was truly the kind of person God wants us to be, namely to esteem others better than ourselves. So when it became apparent to both Lot and Abram that they could no longer dwell together in unity, and without strife, Abram gave lot the first choice with regard to who should go where. So Abram said, “Let us separate, but you go first; if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you go the right, I will go to the left. So Lot looked around and his eyes fell upon the fertile plain of the Jordon, and so he chose the plains of Jordon and started out, going to the East, having said his farewell to Abram. Now Abram was content to remain in the land of Canaan, while Lot went and lived in the cities of the plain and built his tent near Sodom. Ostensibly, Lot got the better deal. He had plenty of grass and water for his livestock, and got as it were the best of both worlds; a fertile plain on the one hand and a taste of city life on the other. Even then the grass looked greener on the other side; but as we shall see shortly, there was trouble aplenty ahead for Lot. In the meantime, after Lot left, God again spoke to Abram and renewed His promise to make his name great; “Look North, South, East and West,” God told him. “Walk all over the land; you shall have descendants numberless, and all of this land shall be yours.” And so Abram moved from there and built his tent in the plains of Mamre which is near Bethel, and built there an altar to the Lord. More