Genesis Chp. 12-28

Separation

From this piece of the text, I chose two quotes that I was able to compare as both dealt with a same theme—separation.

1Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them and bless thee, and curse him that curseth he: and in thee shall all families of earth be blessed.
4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him:

Abram is instructed by God (the Lord) to leave the city, and move on with his own small group of people. Abram does and instructed; he decides to separate himself from the community within the city, and travel on their own. We can say Abram chose to obey God because not only was he loyal, but because, It is similar too, to Noah, as God is letting Abram know that he and his people are different from the rest of the people living in the city, therefore separating them and giving them benefits.

In conclusion, it was because of loyalty and becase he was going to receive benefits, that Abram chose to leave the city behind.

1Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

This was after leaving the city; Abram and Lot separate and each continue different ways, because of a fight that had just occur between each of their herdsmen. They thought about this necessary, or else the fighting among their herdsmen could increase to a bigger level.

Though it is not as it ends in the bible, but the effects of separation or leaving something or someone behind can be not for the good. To explain what can happen, I’ll use different very well-known examples. In the Lion King, Simba is told by is uncles Scar to abandon, because it was supposedly beneficial. It was not, because the only thing that Simba did was ran away from is fears, and he had to dealt with them later whatsoever.

Then again, by leaving behind is home, he found Timon and Pumba, and from them he learned to take life easily and relax. In Abram’s case, when he followed God’s orders, he didn’t have any struggle to survive, as with the benefits the land was always in favour of them.

Then, later on, when he left Lot, the effects aren’t as massive either. Though it is not spoken off, we can guess that for Lot is wasn’t as good, as not only did he go into the lands of Sodom, but we could say God abandoned him, cause the Lord kept helping Abram and his wife.

We never know whether the effects of a separation are going to be beneficial, or not. So it’s better to think about it before doing it, like why would I leave or not leave this person, or place, how would I miss it, etc.