“Is not all the land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I go to the left.”
Genesis 13:8 - The Scriptures 2009 Then Aḇram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives. American Standard Version (1901) And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren. Common English Bible Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have disputes between me and you and between our herders since we are relatives. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Abram said to Lot: "I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren. |
“Is not all the land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I go to the left.”
And when Aḇram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
So he sent his brothers away, and they left. And he said to them, “Do not quarrel along the way.”
“that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ so that you dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Mitsrites.
See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity –
And he went out the second day and saw two Hebrew men fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your neighbour?”
A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up displeasure.
A man of wrath stirs up strife, But he who is patient appeases strife.
For a man to cease from strife is esteem, But every fool bursts out.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, because they shall be called sons of Elohim.
“And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and urged them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers, why do you wrong one another?’
In brotherly love, tenderly loving towards one another, in appreciation, giving preference to each other;
And it is not necessary to write to you about brotherly love, for you yourselves are taught by Elohim to love one another,
Pursue peace with all, and pursue apartness without which no one shall see the Master.
Now that you have cleansed your lives in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently with a clean heart,
Respect all, love the brotherhood, fear Elohim, respect the sovereign.
To sum up, let all of you be like-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble-minded,
And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins.
Beloved ones, let us love one another, because love is of Elohim, and everyone who loves has been born of Elohim, and knows Elohim.
And Ga‛al son of Eḇeḏ came with his brothers and passed over to Sheḵem. And the masters of Sheḵem put their trust in him,