For their propertyhad becometoogreatfor them to livetogether,and the landwherethey sojournedcouldnot sustainthem becauseof their livestock.
So Lotchosefor himself allthe valleyof the Jordan,and Lotjourneyedeastward.Thus they separatedfrom eachother.
And the landcould not sustainthem while dwellingtogether,for their possessionswere so greatthat they were not ableto remaintogether.
"I will giveto you and to your descendantsafteryou, the landof your sojournings,allthe landof Canaan,for an everlastingpossession;and I will be their God."
"May He also giveyou the blessingof Abraham,to you and to your descendantswith you, that you may possessthe landof your sojournings,whichGodgaveto Abraham."
"For we are sojournersbeforeYou, and tenants,as allour fatherswere; our dayson the earthare like a shadow,and thereis nohope.
"Hearmy prayer,O LORD,and giveearto my cry;Do not be silentat my tears;For I am a strangerwith You, A sojournerlike allmy fathers.
You shall not builda house,and you shall not sowseedand you shall not planta vineyardor ownone; but in tentsyou shall dwellallyour days,that you may livemanydaysin the landwhereyou sojourn.'
By faithhe lived as an alienin the landof promise,as in a foreign[land], dwellingin tentswith Isaacand Jacob,fellow heirsof the samepromise;
