Disciples from John the Baptist come to ask Jesus if he is the one. Jesus tells them to report back all the things they see and hear. Jesus denounces their cities noting that if the things they are seeing had been done in Tyre, Sidon and even Sodom they would have long since repented.
Matthew 11
When Jesus had finished giving instructions to his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
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Abram returns from Egypt, wealthier than he went in. He and Lot have so much stuff between them it is necessary to part ways. It seems innocuous in this short chapter but Lot lands near Sodom and you probably know at least a little something of what happens next.
Remember that newspaper comic the born loser? The humor was that things never went his way. Abraham was wealthy by ancient and/or modern standards, and became the father of many nations. Sometimes though you just gotta’ feel sorry for the guy. For all the faith, for all the blessings, some days he just couldn’t win for losing. Could there be a moral to this story?
The Master's Table 