 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...  The Beauties of the Evangelical Magazine - Page 3001803Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - 1799 - 790 pages
...proposal which Abraham made to his nephew Lot, on the dispute which arose between their servants : " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...the herdmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land1. 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 be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself,... | |
 | William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 402 pages
...holiness before God and peace with our brethren ; then, in sweet fellowship we say with Abraham to Lot, " let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee, for we are brethren."....Gen. xiii. 8. THERE is ONE BODY : safth our Lord, " A BODY hast thou prepared... | |
 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - Law - 1804 - 456 pages
...there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle. And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 446 pages
...Canaanite and the Pet izzite dwelled * then m the land, and took ufi (lie beet fiarturafce. 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 [be] brethren, both by nature and religion, and such tmiti-ntion will... | |
 | Children - 530 pages
...propose an accommodation : he loses no time, but in a manner as gentle as it was disinterested, he says, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, for we be brethren." Quarrels among relatives should especially be avoided ; in the dearth of true... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...despised the poor. STBIFE. XXXII. Strife forbidden to the godly, and to be avoided by (heir. Gen. xiii. 6. Abraham said unto Lot, let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, for we be brethren. Ver. 9. Prov. iii. 30. Strive not with a man without cause, if he... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - Christian life - 1810 - 342 pages
...relation and union that is between you. This consideration had great influence upon Abraham's heart. * And Abraham said unto Lot, let there be no strife I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for •we are brethren.' That is a sweet word in the Psalmist, ' Behold,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - Bible - 1811 - 396 pages
...herdmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite ind the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram saia unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee. between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen : for we b« brethren. 9 , Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself,... | |
 | John Owen - Bible - 1813 - 620 pages
...cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle : and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt then in the land. And Abraham 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 men that are brethren." Abraham and Lot were brethren naturally... | |
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