Genesis 13:8
And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brothers.
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Genesis 11:27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot Lot.
Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, See that ye not fall out by the way.
Judges 9:26And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem, and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
Acts 7:26And on the next day he was seen by them as they fought, and he was reconciling them for peace, having said, Men, ye are brothers. Why is it that ye wrong each other?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:6-10
Lot's Separation from Abram. ( b. c. 1917.) 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my… Read the whole commentary →