An expositional study of Genesis 12:14-13:18, from the time Abram leaves Egypt until he returns to Hebron.

1. An inductive, expositional study
taught by Harry Morgan

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4. Why did Abram journey to the Negev?
Genesis 12:10 Now there was a famine in the
land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell
there, for the famine was severe in the land.

5. Why did God permit famine in the
land of promise?
Genesis 12:10 Now there was a famine in the
land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell
there, for the famine was severe in the land.
The word for there was is yehi which can
also be rendered and he was becoming.
The word for famine is ra’av which is
spelled Resh – prideful man, Ayin – greed,
Beth – feelings of spiritual superiority

6. How are you responding to the famines
in your life?

7. What were Abram’s options?

8. Neferhotep I.” phouka.com. Egyptian Journeys 2003, n.d. Web 21 September 2014.
[http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn13/13neferhotep1.html]

9. Genesis 12:14 So it was, when Abram came
into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman,
that she was very beautiful. 15 The princes of
Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to
Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to
Pharaoh’s house. 16 He treated Abram well for
her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys,
male and female servants, female donkeys,
and camels.
Was Abram’s concern justified?

10. Genesis 12:17 But the LORD plagued Pharaoh
and his house with great plagues because of
Sarai, Abram’s wife.
What does verse 17 reveal about God?
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless
you And make your name great; And you
shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who
bless you, And I will curse him who curses
you; And in you all the families of the earth
shall be blessed.”

11. Genesis 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram
and said, “What is this you have done to
me? Why did you not tell me that she was
your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my
sister’? I might have taken her as my wife.
Now therefore, here is your wife; take her
and go your way.”
How did Pharaoh respond to the
plagues?

12. Genesis 12:20 So Pharaoh commanded his men
concerning him; and they sent him away, with
his wife and all that he had.
What did Pharaoh do to Abram?

13. Where did Abram go?
Genesis 13:1 Then Abram went up from Egypt,
he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with
him, to the Negev.
Genesis 13:3 And he went on his journey from
the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where
his tent had been at the beginning, between
Bethel and Ai,

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15. Where did Abram go?
Genesis 13:4 to the place of the altar which he
had made there at first. And there Abram called
on the name of the LORD.

16. What did Abram take with him?
Genesis 13:2 Abram was very rich in
livestock, in silver, and in gold.

17. Who else did Abram take with him?
Genesis 12:16 He treated Abram well for her
sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male
and female servants, female donkeys, and
camels.

18. Genesis 13-14; 18-19

19. I. Abram’s Choices (Genesis 13:1-9)
A. Finances or Family?
B. Tightfisted or Trust God?
II. Lot’s Choices (Genesis 13:10-13)
A. Wealth or Wisdom?
B. Sodom or Separation?
III. God’s Choice (Genesis 13:14-18)

20. Genesis 13:5 Lot also, who went with Abram,
had flocks and herds and tents.
Why did Abram and Lot continue
together?

21. Genesis 13:7 And there was strife between
the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the
herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites
and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
Was Abram’s wealth a blessing?

22. Genesis 13:7b The Canaanites and the Perizzites
then dwelt in the land.
Why are the Canaanites & Perizzites
mentioned?

23. Genesis 13:8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please
let there be no strife between you and me,
and between my herdsmen and your
herdsmen; for we are brethren.
What was Abram’s reaction to conflict?

24. Genesis 13:8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please
let there be no strife between you and me,
and between my herdsmen and your
herdsmen; for we are brethren.
Why did Abram seek to resolve strife
between himself and Lot?

25. Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before
you? Please separate from me. If you take
the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you
go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
What was Abram’s solution to end
the strife?

26. Genesis 13:10–11 And Lot lifted his eyes and
saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well
watered everywhere (before the LORD
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the
garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as
you go toward Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose for
himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot
journeyed east. And they separated from
each other.
What was Lot’s choice?

27. Genesis 13:12–13 Abram dwelt in the land of
Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the
plain and pitched his tent even as far as
Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were
exceedingly wicked and sinful against the
LORD.
Where did Lot chose to live?

28. 2 Peter 2:7–8 and delivered righteous Lot,
who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of
the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling
among them, tormented his righteous soul
from day to day by seeing and hearing their
lawless deeds)—
Did Lot’s choice make him a
winner or a loser?

29. Genesis 13:14–15 And the LORD said to Abram,
after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your
eyes now and look from the place where you
are—northward, southward, eastward, and
westward; 15 for all the land which you see I
give to you and your descendants forever.
What was God’s choice?
The LAND:

30. Genesis 13:16 And I will make your
descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if
a man could number the dust of the earth,
then your descendants also could be
numbered.
What was God’s choice?
Your DESCENDANTS:

31. At Haran: (Gen. 12:1–2) Now the LORD had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country …to a land that I will show you. 2
I will make you a great nation;
At Shechem: (Gen. 12:7) Then the LORD appeared to
Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this
land.” And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had
appeared to him.
At Bethel: (Gen. 13:14-15) And the LORD said to Abram…
“Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you
are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15
for all the land which you see I give to you and your
descendants forever.
(Regarding the Land)

32. At Haran: (Gen. 12:2) I will make you a great nation; I will
bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a
blessing.
At Shechem: (Gen. 12:7) Then the LORD appeared to
Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this
land.”
At Bethel: (Gen. 13:16) And I will make your
descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man
could number the dust of the earth, then your
descendants also could be numbered.
(Regarding his Descendants)

33. Genesis 13:17–18 “Arise, walk in the land
through its length and its width, for I give it to
you.” 18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went
and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre,
which are in Hebron,
Where did Abram live?
and built an altar
there to the LORD.

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