"Is not the wholelandbeforeyou? Pleaseseparatefrom me; if[to] the left,then I will goto the right;or if[to] the right,then I will goto the left."
Lotliftedup his eyesand sawallthe valleyof the Jordan,that it was wellwateredeverywhere--[this was] beforethe LORDdestroyedSodomand Gomorrah--like the gardenof the LORD,like the landof Egyptas you goto Zoar.
So Abramsaidto Lot,"Pleaselet there be nostrifebetweenyou and me, nor betweenmy herdsmenand your herdsmen,for we are brothers.
Abimelechsaid,"Behold,my landis beforeyou; settlewherever you please."
"Thus you shall livewith us, and the landshall be [open] beforeyou; liveand tradein it and acquirepropertyin it."
I am [for] peace,but whenI speak,They are for war.
"But now,behold,I am freeingyou todayfrom the chainswhichare on your hands.Ifyou would preferto comewith me to Babylon,come[along], and I will lookafteryou; but ifyou would prefernot to comewith me to Babylon,nevermind.Look,the wholelandis beforeyou; gowhereverit seems goodand rightfor you to go."
Ifpossible,so faras it dependson you, be at peacewith allmen.
Actually,then,it is alreadya defeatfor you, that you havelawsuitswith one another.Whynot ratherbe wronged?Whynot ratherbe defrauded?
Pursuepeacewith all men,and the sanctificationwithoutwhichno onewill seethe Lord.
