After his experience in Egypt, (Gen. 12) Abram returned to the land of Canaan. What a joy it must have been to return to the land of promise! However, upon their return to Canaan, Abram and Lot separated from one another. What was the cause of this separation? Strife – There was “strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle.” (Gen. 13.7)