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As soon as Abraham arrived in Canaan, he was faced with famine and left for Egypt. \u00a0This was his first introduction to the challenges of life in the land to which God had directed him; as we find throughout the Torah, rain is uncertain in Canaan and depends on the grace of God, on human actions, and on the intersection between the two. In Egypt, however, one could depend on the Nile \u2013 and would have no need to turn to God for rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

The contrast between these two lands became a theme in Abraham\u2019s life, beginning immediately upon his return from Egypt when it became clear that Abraham and his nephew, Lot, would have to split up; Canaan\u2019s limited resources couldn\u2019t sustain their abundant livestock together. Lot settled in Sodom because it reminded him of the \u201cparadise\u201d of Egypt: \u201cthe Jordan plain, for it was fully irrigated\u2026..like the Garden of God, like the land of Egypt\u2026\u201d (13:10). Abraham, however, \u201clived in the land of Canaan\u201d (<\/span>ibid.<\/span><\/i> 12).<\/span><\/p>\n

Most commentaries place Sodom <\/span>in<\/em> Canaan \u2013 so why state that Abraham \u201clived in Canaan,\u201d as if it were a completely different place? Perhaps to indicate that Abraham had begun to actively choose not just the physical land of Canaan, but the ideal it represented \u2013 which indeed differed from the model of Egypt and Sodom. He saw that true value might be found not in physical comforts but in building a connection to God, despite the uncertainty and challenges involved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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