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The older couple, Abram and Sarai have everything except a child. Their nephew Lot is parentless. Lot\u2019s father passed away years ago, and his mother isn\u2019t in the picture. A perfect match-the childless couple and the orphaned child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story starts out well. Abram leaves his father in Haran and takes not only his wife and entourage with him, he also brings his nephew Lot to Canaan. But as their success grows so does the tension. Following a fight between Abram and Lot\u2019s shepherds, Abram tells his nephew \u201clet\u2019s not fight&#8230;let\u2019s separate, if you go north I will go south, and if you venture south, I will head south.\u201d What a terrible decision!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Torah says that there was not enough land for both Abram and Lot\u2019s sheep. Various midrashim add depth: Lot wanted to get away from his annoyingly pious uncle, and Abram was more than happy to separate. What a terrible decision! \u00a0Whether it was the lack of land or the piety or both, the family is torn apart, Abram and Sarai are again childless, and Lot all alone unprotected in this foreign land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine if Abram had said: There isn\u2019t enough land, but we are family we need to work it out. We are going to figure out a way live together in this blessed land. Heaven forbid that we split up, that you go one way, and I go another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine if Lot remained together with Abram. Imagine if his descendants, the nations of Amon and Moav, were members of our people rather than separate nations, nations that all too often went to war with Abram\u2019s descendants. 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