Genesis 13:8
And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
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Genesis 11:27And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
Genesis 45:24And he sent his brethren away, and they departed. And he said to them, Do not quarrel on the way.
Judges 9:26And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem put confidence in him.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
Acts 7:26And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, *Ye* are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?
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 →