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Abram sought to resolve the quarreling between his herders and those of his nephew Lot and suggested they part company.
Abram valued their brotherhood and would not like strife and disagreement between them.
Lot obliged and chose for himself the watered valley of Jordan, but the fertility of the land masked a hidden danger.
He lived so close to Sodom, where the men were extremely wicked and sinful against God, and this consequently exposed him to danger on two occasions.
But Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and God comforted Abram after Lot left.
Though he remained childless, God reiterates his promise to Abram that his descendants will be numerous and possess all of Canaan.
God instructed him to take a tour of the land and be sure that God is giving him all he sees.
In response, Abram advanced, settled near the oak of Mamre, and built another altar to honor God.
As Paul closes his letter to the Romans, he sends personal greetings to a long list of individuals.
At the time of writing to the Romans, Paul had been an active missionary for about twenty-five years and had developed relationships with believers across the eastern Mediterranean.
Paul recognized and praised individuals and households, regarding them as workers who had worked so hard for the Lord.
He also warned the church to watch out for people who cause divisions and hurt people’s faith with their teachings.
Such people teach things that are contrary to the foundation teachings of the Good News and give fancy talks that deceive people.
Instead, the church in Rome should be steadfast in doing what its foundational teachings stipulate
Paul prayed that the God of peace would soon defeat Satan and give them power over him.