Abraham and his nephew lot decided to separate into two different camps
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A.
for fear of complete annihilation by the enemies -
B.
to enable them to capture more votes from the two camps -
C.
to keep chedor-laomer from capturing Sodom and Gomorrah -
D.
to avoid further trouble between their rivals herdsmen over pasture and water -
E.
because Lot demanded of his independence as he was now of age