“Strife Between the Herdsmen”

September 17, 2016

“Strife Between the Herdsmen”

Blessings folk!

Remember, we are looking at the “great cloud of witnesses” from Hebrews 11.
Much is revealed about Abram/Abraham.

Abram has been expelled by Pharaoh from Egypt.

The story continues…let not a spirit of familiarity rob you of what the Lord desires to reveal. Read carefully.

Gen 13:1-12

So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.

He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

“Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.


The Lord blessed Abram in the land as he sojourned.
Yet, conflict arose.
Conflict in the family.

The land could not sustain both the families/flock/etc. of Lot and Abram.

Abram gave Lot the choice of what land he desired.

Lot chose with his eyes…well-watered valley like the garden of the Lord.

Lot journeyed eastward.
Abram settled in the land of Canaan.

Lot moved his tents as far as Sodom.

That which looks good, fertile and attractive is not always the best.
Upon what are our eyes lift unto?