Genesis 13:8

And Avram said unto Lot, Let there be no merivah now between me and thee, and between my ro'im and thy ro'im; for we are achim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

7And there was a riv between the ro'im of the herd of Avram and the ro'im of the herd of Lot; and the Kena'ani and the Perizzi dwelt then in ha'aretz.

9Is not the kol ha'aretz before thee? Separate thyself, now, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:27Now these are the toldot Terach: Terach fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

Genesis 45:24So he sent his achim away, and they departed; and he said unto them, See that ye not quarrel by the derech.

Judges 9:26And Gaal ben Eved came with his achim, went over to Shechem; the ba'alei Shechem put their confidence in him.

Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away chemah (wrath); 1 but harsh devarim stir up anger. 1

Proverbs 20:3It is kavod for an ish to cease from strife, 1 but any fool can start a quarrel. 1

Acts 7:26And on the next day he came to them as they were fighting and Moshe was trying to reconcile them in shalom, saying, Anashim, you are achim, why are you injuring one another? + 7:26 Ex 2:13

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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