 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1863 - 646 pages
...Patriarchal Church. Abraham begs there may be no strife : ' If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, I will go to the left.' " This, he tells us, is " language which might well extend to the strife of... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Judaism - 1863 - 634 pages
...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, I will go to the left." 1 It was the first instance of " agreeing to differ," in later times so rarely... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - 736 pages
...Abraham said to Lot: "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, for we are brethren. 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." (Gen. xiii. 8, 9.) He suffers long and is not easily provoked. (James, iii.... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - 726 pages
...Abraham said to Lot: "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, for we are brethren. If thou w^ilt 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/' (Gen. xiii. 8, 9.) He suffers long and is not easily provoked. (James, iii.... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - Bible - 1867 - 708 pages
...trading town. " Let there be no strife," he said to Lot, " between me and thee, for we Ite brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? If thou wilt take the left hand then I will go to the right, and if thou depart to the right hand then I will go to the left." Westward... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 506 pages
...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 go to the left. cially as he was tho principal, and Lot only accompanied him ; he might have told him... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 926 pages
...before thee ? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take ¡he left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then 1 will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground... | |
 | 1868 - 680 pages
...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 the left" (Gen. xiii. 8, 9). How similar, too, the decision of Ruth to that of Rebekah, " And they... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - Bible - 1868 - 344 pages
...there be no strife, I pray thee," says this right noble man, " between me and thee. We be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? If thou wilt take the left hand, I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, I will go to the left." What self-denial,... | |
 | Home missions - 1871 - 706 pages
...God's people. The conciliatory and magnanimous spirit of Abram is greatly needed in this business : " Is not the whole land before thee ? If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the the right hand, then I will go to the left." "For... | |
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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... 
