Genesis 13:14-15
“And the LORD said to Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed forever.”
Abram was now “settled in the land of Canaan,” where God intended him to be. Lot now became separated from his uncle Abram, which had been God’s original plan, seen in his earlier command to Abram, “Get out of your country, from your kindred…” (Genesis 12:1). And now, for the moment, Abram was in God’s will, and Lot was, for a little while, elated at the way things had turned out.
Canaan is an ancient term for a region roughly corresponding to present-day Israel/Palestine including the West Bank, western Jordan, southern and coastal Syria and Lebanon continuing up to the border of modern Turkey. This land, promised by God to Abram and his descendants forever, would extend as far as his eyes could see (Genesis 13:14-15).
Today the nation of Israel is once more alive and well and the center of world focus in the Middle East. Like Abraham, we might not see the fullness of the promises in our lifetimes, but God’s Word is good – He will bring it all to pass.
The Truth
“And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29).
