Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If to the left, then I’ll go to the right, and if to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
Genesis 13:8 - Tree of Life Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives. American Standard Version (1901) And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren. Common English Bible Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have disputes between me and you and between our herders since we are relatives. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Abram said to Lot: "I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren. |
Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If to the left, then I’ll go to the right, and if to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he rallied his trained men, those born in his household, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Then he sent his brothers off, and as they departed, he said to them, “Don’t be anxious on the way.”
you must say, ‘Your servants have been men who handle livestock since the time of our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you can live in the land of Goshen, because every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians.”
A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
Then he went out the following day, and saw two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the guilty one, “Why are you beating your companion?”
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
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?’
Be tenderly devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in giving honor.
Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write you—for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.
Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, tenderhearted, humble-minded.
Above all, keep your love for one another constant, for “love covers a multitude of sins.”
Loved ones, let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
Now Gaal son of Ebed had come with his relatives and moved to Shechem, and the lords of Shechem put their trust in him.