Genesis 13:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ “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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I beg of you, from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right hand, then I will go to the left.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Common English Bible

⁹ Isn’t the whole land in front of you? Let’s separate. If you go north, I will go south; and if you go south, I will go north.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left."

Genesis 13:9 Cross References

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all, and pursue apartness without which no one shall see the Master.

Genesis 34:10

and dwell with us, and let the land be before you. Dwell and move about in it, and have possessions in it.”

Genesis 20:15

And Aḇimeleḵ said, “See, my land is before you, dwell wherever it is good in your eyes.”

1 Corinthians 6:7

Already, then, there is a failure with you, that you have lawsuits among you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Romans 12:18

If possible, on your part, be at peace with all men.

Psalm 120:7

I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for fighting.

Genesis 13:8

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.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Yardĕn, that it was well watered everywhere – before יהוה destroyed Seḏom and Amorah – like the garden of יהוה, like the land of Mitsrayim as you go toward Tso‛ar.

Jeremiah 40:4

“And now, see, I loosen you today from the chains that were on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Baḇel, come, and I shall look after you. But if it seems wrong for you to come with me to Baḇel, remain here. See, all the land is before you, go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.”