Shnayim Yomi - Lech Lecha - Shlishi - #3

[Music] after a short yet eventful trip to egypt avraham and his whole entourage find himself back in the land of canaan to which the torah tells us that avraham and his nephew lot are extremely wealthy they have a lot of animals a lot of gold a lot of silver a lot of possessions and lot becomes very envious of avram and he starts allowing and his shepherds start stealing and taking things from avraham rationalizing themselves anyways avraham has no children to inherit him he's going to inherit him anyways might as well take now avram was a peaceful man and he realized that they have to split for their own well-being he comes to his nephew lut and he tells him if you go left i'll go right if you go right i'll go left he wanted to be peaceful so lucht lifts his eyes and he gazes and he looks eastward towards the plains of jordan and he sees that area and he says that's the area i want there was siddom and amora very sinful cities over there and that's where he settled abram says no problem and he turns and he looks at the land which we know now today to be israel and that's where avram settles now hashem shows him this area and tells him look at all four of these directions north south east west all of this land will be yours it will be yours and will be your descendants and he says your children will be as numerous as the dust of the ground this section ends off with avram settling in the plains of mamre in hebron where he builds an altar and he praises and prays to hashem you