Abram left Egypt with everyone and everything to the Negeb. Abram was rich with livestock, silver, and gold. He journeyed from the Negeb to the place he was before between Bethel and Ai. He called out to the Lord there (where he had made an altar before). Lot was with him, and the land couldn’t support all they both had. At this time the Canaanites and Perizzites were dwelling there. Abram said to Lot that they should separate. Lot went east toward the Jordan Valley toward Zoar. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot among the cities of the valley and moved as far as Sodom. The men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord. The Lord said to Abram to lift his head north, south, east and west, and that that is all the land He is giving to him and his offspring forever. He will make Abram’s offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, his offspring can then be counted. He commanded Abram to walk the length of the land, and Abram obeyed, he moved his tent and settled by the oaks of Mamre, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
God is still in the process of fulfilling His promise to Abram. God has most clearly fulfilled His promise to Abram in giving Jesus Christ to save a people from every tribe and nation. Praise God for His unbreakable promises.