Genesis 13:8
So then Abram said unto Lot Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for brethren, are we.
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Genesis 11:27These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran,—and, Haran, begat Lot;
Genesis 45:24Thus sent he forth his brethren and they departed,—and he said unto them, Do not fall out by the way.
Judges 9:26And Gaal son of Ebed came, with his brethren, and they passed through to Shechem,—and the owners of Shechem put their trust in him.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.
Proverbs 20:3Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.
Acts 7:26On the following day also, he appeared unto them, as they were contending, and would have reconciled them in peace, saying—Men! ye are, brothers! Wherefore wrong ye 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 →