Genesis 13 tells of how Abram and Lot, both now owning lots of cattle, sheep, and many tents, began to have difficulties. Their herdsmen argued and fought , since there wasn't enough pasture to support both of their flocks together. Abram humbly asked Lot to choose an area where he'd like to settle and Abram offered to leave and find another area. Abram trusted that God would provide for his family and flocks, so he allowed Lot to have first choice of the most fertile area. Lot chose the Jordan valley near the city of Sodom, where the people were known to be "unusually wicked and sinned greatly against the Lord". So Abram stayed in the land of Canaan. Immediately after Lot took his family and flocks and left, the Lord spoke to Abram , "Look as afar as you can see in every direction. I am going to give this land to you and your offspring as a permanent possession." God also reminded him of the promise to bless him and make his number of descendants great --- "like the dust of the earth".