So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please, let’s not have quarrelling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.
Genesis 31:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after [Jacob] for seven days, and they overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. American Standard Version (1901) And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. Common English Bible so Laban took his brothers with him, chased Jacob for seven days, and caught up with him in the mountains of Gilead. Catholic Public Domain Version And taking his brothers with him, he pursued him for seven days. And he overtook him at Mount Gilead. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad. |
So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please, let’s not have quarrelling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.
and said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.’
But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. ‘Watch yourself! ’ God warned him. ‘Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
Years later, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their forced labour. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.
The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, ‘Why are you attacking your neighbour? ’