Genesis 13:12-13 New International Version (NIV) 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. 13 Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord. The good water and...

Genesis 13:10-11 New International Version (NIV) 10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose...

Genesis 13:7-8 New International Version (NIV) 7 And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time. 8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your...

Genesis 13:5-9 New International Version (NIV) 5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay...

Genesis 12:10 New International Version (NIV) Abram in Egypt 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. When famine struck, Abram went to Egypt. Why did God allow a famine in the land...

Genesis 12:7 New International Version (NIV) 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.”So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. Alters were used for communion with God. Alters commemorated notable...