Genesis 13:11 - Homilies By W. Roberts

The parting off friends.

I. The SADNESS Of this parting. It was a parting—

1. Of kinsmen (men, brethren).

2. Of kinsmen in a foreign land.

3. Of kinsmen by their own hand.

II. The CAUSE of this parting.

1. The difficulty of finding sustenance together.

2. The danger of collision if they kept together.

III. The MANNER of this parting.

1. After prayer.

2. In peace.

3. With magnanimity on the part of Abram.

4. With meanness on that of Lot.

Lessons:—

1. It is sad when brethren cannot dwell together in unity.

2. It is better that brethren should separate than quarrel.— W .