GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 13:1 Expelled from Egypt, Abram retraces his steps northward, through the Negeb, back to the hill country between Bethel and Ai where he had previously built an altar (Genesis 12:8). Competition for pasture soon leads to strife between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. When Abram offers Lot first choice of the land, Lot chooses the fertile Jordan Valley. Afterward, the Lord reaffirms that Abram’s descendants will possess all of Canaan.

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