Day 4: Genesis 13-16

Summaries:
(lengthy, but I found it interesting) Abram and Lot had too much among them to stay together, so they decide to split up. Lot goes to the Plain and settles near Sodom, while Abram is in Canaan, and the Lord tells Abram that he gives this land to him and his descendants, and his descendants will be countless like the dust (ch 13). After many kings battle, Sodom is captured, including Lot, and when Abram hears, he sends his people to fight back, and they are victorious. Lot is returned, and Melchizedek, king of Salem, blesses Abram, and offers him all the possessions, but Abram asks just for what is left-over (14). The Lord then tells Abram that, though he is currently childless, God is his shield, and will make his descendants as many as all the stars. Abram offers a sacrifice to the Lord, and a covenant is made (15). Sarai told her husband Abram to sleep with her maid Hagar to hopefully bear a son, but when Hagar became pregnant, Sarai abused her to the point of running away. The Lord's messenger told Hagar to return, submit to the abuse, for her son would be named Ishmael, and his descendants would be numerous, so she returned and gave birth to Ishmael. (16)

Reflections:
God had a plan, and I am watching it unfold. Pretty awesome.

Quotes:
Gen 15:1 - "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great."