Genesis 13:9

Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me,—if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, 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.

In Context

8So 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.

10So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered,—before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:15And Abimelech, said, Lo! my land is before thee,—wherever it may seem good in thine eyes, dwell.

Psalms 120:7I, am for peace, and verily I speak, They, are for war!

1 Corinthians 6:7Already, indeed, it is an utter defeat for you, that ye are having, law-suits, one with another. Wherefore are ye not rather taking wrong? Wherefore are ye not rather suffering yourselves to be defrauded?

James 3:13Who is wise and well-instructed among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom.

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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