Genesis 13:1-18
Key Verse 13:15 “All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.”
1. Who is Lot and what is his relationship to Abram? (11:31) What does the fact that Lot kept his flock separate show about him? (5,7)
2. What problem arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s? (6-7) What solution did Abram propose? (8-9)
3. Why did Lot choose the plain of the Jordan? (10,12) What does the fact that Lot chose to live near Sodom in spite of its wickedness show about him? (13; cf. 19:1-9, Matthew 6:24)
4. After Lot left, why might Abram have been sorry and discouraged? What promise did God give to comfort Abram? (14-16) How did God help Abram to visualize his promise? (17)
5. What does this passage tell us about the importance of making decisions based on God’s promise, not on our own desires?