Genesis 13:8
And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
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Genesis 11:27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 45:24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said to them, See that ye contend not by the way.
Judges 9:26And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Acts 7:26And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to 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 →