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{{pasuqh|וַיִּשָּׂא-לוֹט אֶת-עֵינָיו, וַיַּרְא אֶת-כָּל-כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן, כִּי כֻלָּהּ, מַשְׁקֶה|p/pt/pt0113.htm#10|בראשית יג:י}}

{{heb|אברם ולוט בן אחיו נאלצו להיפרד, ואברם אמר ללוט שיבחר לו איזה מקום שירצה וילך שמה לגור -- ואברם ילך למקום אחר. מבחינה הגיונית, לא מפליא שלוט בחר בכיכר הירדן, שהוא '''כֻלָּהּ מַשְׁקֶה'''. הרי '''וְגַם-לְלוֹט -- הַהֹלֵךְ, אֶת-אַבְרָם: הָיָה צֹאן-וּבָקָר''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0113.htm#5|שם ה}} , ובכיכר ירדן אפשר היה להשקות ולהאכיל את כל עדריו.}}

{{heb|אולם אברם היה '''כָּבֵד מְאֹד, בַּמִּקְנֶה''', והוא '''יָשַׁב בְּאֶרֶץ-כְּנָעַן; וְלוֹט, יָשַׁב בְּעָרֵי הַכִּכָּר, וַיֶּאֱהַל, עַד-סְדֹם'''. אברם גר אפוא בארץ אשר '''לִמְטַר הַשָּׁמַיִם, תִּשְׁתֶּה-מָּיִם''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0511.htm#11|דברים יא:יא}}, ואילו בן אחיו גר במקום אשר '''כֻלָּהּ מַשְׁקֶה'''. }}

{{heb|ה' ציווה את אברם לצאת מחרן, שבאזור בבל -- מקום שלא חסר בו מים, מקום גם של עבודה זרה. אחר כך ירד מכנען למצריים -- שוב, מקום מלא מים וגם עבודה זרה. וכאן בפסוקנו, לוט בוחר במקום רווה מים -- וכמו כן בעבודה זרה! איזה קשר יש בהיות מקום רווה מים ועבודה זרה?}}

{{heb|מקום בו השקיית השדות היא מובנת מאליו, שאפשר בלי עמל רב להשיג את הכל, קל מאד לטעות ולחשוב '''כֹּחִי וְעֹצֶם יָדִי, עָשָׂה לִי אֶת-הַחַיִל הַזֶּה''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0508.htm#17|דברים ח:יז}}. לכן שגו תושבי אותם המקומות ודימו שהם בעלי הכל, וש אפשר לרצות את האלילים. ולכן ה' אמר לאברם "לך לך" -- למען ייטב לך ולזרעך אחריך, צא מן המקום ההוא ובוא '''אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0112.htm#1|בראשית יב:א}}. כן כולנו צריכים לצאת מהשלווה והשאננות, ולשאוף להשיג את רצון ה' יתברך.}}

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{{pasuq|And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where|p/pt/pt0113.htm#10|Gen 13:10}}

Abram and his nephew Lot had to separate, and Abram told Lot that he should choose any place he preferred and go live there -- and Abram would go elsewhere. Logically, it was not surprising that Lot would choose the plain of the Jordan, which was '''well watered'''. After all, '''And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0113.htm#5|ibid 5}}, and in the Jordan valley he would be able to water and feed all his flocks.

However Abram also '''was very rich in cattle''', and '''Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom'''. Abram therefore lived in a place which was '''a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water as the rain of heaven cometh down''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0511.htm#11|Deut 11:11}}, while his nephew lived in a '''well watered''' place.

God commanded Abram to leave Haran, in the area of Babylonia -- a place not lacking in water, and a place filled with idolatry. Afterwards, he descended from Canaan to Egypt, likewise a place full of both water and idolatry. And in our verse, Lot chooses a place saturated with water -- and similarly with idolatry! What is the connection between well watered places and idolatry?

In a place where watering fields is a matter of course, where it is possible to attain everything without great effort, it is very easy to err and think '''My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0508.htm#17|Deut 8:17}}. Therefore the residents of those places made that mistake and imagined that they were the masters of everything and that the gods could be mollified. Therefore God told Abram, "go forth out of your country" -- so that you and your descendants will benefit; leave that place, and come to '''the land that I will show thee''' {{hcite|p/pt/pt0112.htm#1|Gen 12:1}}. So, too, all of us need to leave our comfort zone and our placidity, and strive to fulfill God's will, may He be blessed.

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