So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, or between my shepherds and yours, since we are relatives.
2 Chronicles 11:4 - Tree of Life Version ‘Thus says Adonai, You shall not go up nor fight against your kinsmen. Let everyone return to his house for this matter is of Me.’ ” So they listened to the words of Adonai and returned from marching against Jeroboam. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord: You shall not go up or fight against your brethren. Return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me. And they obeyed the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam. Common English Bible This is what the LORD says: Don’t make war against your relatives. Go home, every one of you, because this is my plan. When they heard the LORD’s words, they abandoned their attack against Jeroboam. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: You shall not ascend and fight against your brothers. Let each one return to his own house. For it is by my will that this has happened." And when they had heard the word of the Lord, they turned back, and they did not continue on against Jeroboam. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren. Let every man return to his own house, for by my will this thing has been done. And when they heard the word of the Lord, they returned, and did not go against Jeroboam. |
So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, or between my shepherds and yours, since we are relatives.
Yes, you yourselves planned evil against me. God planned it for good, in order to bring about what it is this day—to preserve the lives of many people.
Then Abner called out to Joab and said, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize how bitter it will be in the end? How long until you order the people to stop pursuing their kinsmen?”
As the sun was setting, a shout went throughout the army, saying, “Each man to his town, and each man to his land!”
“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying,
The plan of Adonai stands forever, the purposes of His heart from generation to generation.
They crowned kings, but not by Me. They appointed princes I did not approve. Their silver and gold they made into idols— just so they would be cut down.
So on the next day he appeared to them as they were fighting. He tried to reconcile them in shalom, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, tenderhearted, humble-minded.