Genesis 13:7

and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;

8And Abram saith unto Lot, 'Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men — brethren.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:19And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.

Genesis 15:18In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

Genesis 26:20and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, 'The water [is] ours;' and he calleth the name of the well 'Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him;

Exodus 2:17and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock.

Mark 3:25and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

Galatians 5:20idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

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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