In Chapter 13, Abram, Sarai and Lot do some traveling around the Bethel and Hai region. Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen do not get along, so the two men decide the world's a big place, let's spread out a bit. Lot heads to Jordan because it is beautiful and green. It is also where the wicked sinners of Sodom live. And Abram goes to Canaan. The Lord talks to Abram, assuring him he and his descendants will be very blessed. Abram builds a temple.
Chapter 14 rattles off a long list of kings. There is a war and Sodom and Gomorrah are ransacked. Lot loses all of his possessions and is captured. When Abram hears about his nephew Lot, he puts together an army of his slaves and recaptures all the lost goods. The kings of Sodom and Salem thank Abram and offer food and whatnot as a reward, but Abram refuses.
God talks to Abram again in Chapter 15. Abram takes this opportunity to bring up, hey you said we'd be fruitful but we are STILL childless. He then slaughters a heifer, a goat and a ram as an offering to God. Always a good choice. God promises Abram he will have lots of descendants.
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