Bible Discussion Thread

Part 1 of 2 Hello Julie I would think he did err, because the Land that God had told Abram to go to was not able to sustain both Abram and Lot s substance, Genesis 13 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 . Then strife broke out between the herdsman of Abram and Lot, Genesis 13 7 And there was strife between the heardmen of Abram s cattle and the herdmen of Lot s cattle and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land . Lot wind up separating from Abram like God wanted from the beginning. He departed into the plain of Jordan, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. It was not until Lot left that God renewed his promise to Abram, Genesis 13 14 15 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 For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever .