Genesis 13:9 - Easy To Read Version We should separate. You can choose any place you want. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee. If thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left. |
Lot looked and saw the Jordan Valley. Lot saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
So Abram said to Lot, “There should be no arguing between you and me. Your people and my people should not argue. We are all brothers.
And Abimelech said, “Look all around you. This is my land. You may live any place you want.”
You can live in the same land with us. You will be free to own the land and to trade here.”
But now, Jeremiah, I will set you free. I am taking the chains off your wrists. If you want to, come with me to Babylon, and I will take good care of you. But if you don’t want to come with me, then don’t come. Look, the whole country is open to you. Go anywhere you want.
The lawsuits that you have against each other show that you are already defeated. It would be better for you to let someone do wrong against you! It would be better for you to let someone cheat you!
Try to live in peace with all people. And try to live lives free from sin. If a person’s life is not holy, {\cf2\super [160]} then he will never see the Lord.