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The result was conflict: the first, but certainly not the last, quarrel over the land. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lot\u2019s choice, the fertile Jordan Valley, turns out to be a bad one. However, what is interesting is what happens after the two men separate: \u201cLift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. All the land you see I will give to you and your offspring forever\u2026\u201d What is the logic of the divine promise then, after the conflict and Abraham\u2019s resolution of it? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world belongs to God. He owns it because He made it, and without Him it would cease to exist. It follows that there is no concept in Judaism of absolute human ownership. We are God\u2019s guests on earth. All that we possess, we do not ultimately own. A blessing is therefore an act of acknowledgement of God\u2019s ownership. Once we have made a blessing we have, as it were, redeemed the source of pleasure. Once we symbolically give something back to God, He gives it back to us. That is the deep meaning of Abraham\u2019s offer to Lot. It is only when he is willing to give part of the land away that God tells him the whole land will be his. 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