Genesis 13:8

Then Abram said to Lot, “We come from one family. Your men and my men shouldn't be arguing, they shouldn't hate each other.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9So let us go different ways. You say the place you want, so you can go there, and I will go to a different place so that we can live away from each other.”

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Cross References

Genesis 11:27These are the descendants of Terah. His three sons were Abram, Nahor and Haran. Haran had a son called Lot,

Genesis 45:24Before his brothers left, Joseph said to them, “Don't argue on the way.” Then he sent them off,

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 →

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