When Abram and his family returned to Canaan from Egypt, they had many animals. Both Abram and Lot were very rich and the land was not strong enough to support them both, and arguments broke out among their herdsmen.
Abram said to Lot, “Let us not quarrel. Look over the land. If you choose the hills, I will go to the valley. If you choose the valley, I will stay in the hills.” Lot looked at the whole land and saw that the valley was very beautiful. It was full of tall grass good for animals and water. So he moved his herds to the valley and left Abram on the rocky hills.
Then God appeared to Abram and said, “Do not be afraid. I have given this whole land to you. I am your shield and your reward.” But Abram said, “What good is it if you bless me when I have no son to inherit?” And God took Abram out and showed him the sky. He said, “If you can count the stars, then you will be able to count your descendants.” And Abram believed God and God counted it (his faith) to him as righteousness.
Then God told Abram to offer him a sacrifice. Abram killed a cow, a goat, a ram, and two birds and cut their bodies in half. He laid one half on this side and the other half on that side. And God appeared as a flame of fire moving between the halves of the animals. And God said, “Your descendants will be slaves in a foreign land. But after 400 years, I will bring them back to this land. But you will live to be a very old man.”
And that is the end of the story.