 | William Charles Wentworth - Australia - 1824 - 428 pages
...wilderness which would lie before him, that he might exclaim in the language of Abraham to Lot ; " Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before us ? Separate thyself,... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...between you. This consideration had a sweet influence upon Abraham's heart. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen ; for we be brethren^Gen. xiii. 8. That is a sweet word in the psalmist,... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - Greece - 1824 - 316 pages
...between the herdsmen of Abraham's cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle; and Abraham said unto Lot; let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between «ay herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before 'lice? separate thyself,... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Social Science - 1824 - 292 pages
...a .smile of that conciliating spirit, which prompted the patriarch's exhortation to his kinsman, " let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for rre be brethren." CHAPTER XI. ''Geutly on him had gentle Nature laid... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2004 - 232 pages
...also their testimony. Abraham, the spiritual man, took the lead in resolving the problem. He said, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and...between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren' (Gen. 13:8). He then made a proposal that proved what a spiritual giant he already had become, a proposal... | |
 | James Lane - Reference - 2004 - 60 pages
..."whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." - Matthew 5:39 444: 25 "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and...between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren." — Genesis: 13:8 444: 29 "children of men," - Psalms 14:2 445: 14 "hid with Christ in God." - Colossians... | |
 | Anne Dutton - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 484 pages
...some degree of his own sin; for though Abram, that there might be no strife between them, said to him, "Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself,...thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then will I go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then will I go to the left,"30 yet Lot... | |
 | Old Catholic Church of the United States - Religion - 2004 - 508 pages
...because from a single root a numerous progeny proceeds. In Genesis we read, '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 are brethren.' And again, 'So Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east: and they... | |
 | Martin Sicker - Bible - 2004 - 297 pages
...painful as it undoubtedly must have been for him, to make the first move. 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 are brethren. Abram confronted Lot about the ill feelings that pervaded the atmosphere, which he fervently... | |
 | James Hastings - Reference - 2004 - 596 pages
...he generously oners his nephew the first choice : ' is not the whole land before thee T ... if thon wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thon take the right hand, then I will go to the left.' The soil about Bethel is stony and bare ; but... | |
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Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. 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... 
