 | Alexander McDonnell - 1824 - 358 pages
...this that prompted Abraham to exclaim, " Let there be n,o strife, I pray thee, between thee and me ; is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." In this state of things it is not difficult to perceive that had not coercion been employed to compel... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1824 - 638 pages
...enough allotted to ' him to tolerate a neighbour: his condition is precisely that of Abram, when he said unto Lot, *' Let there be no strife, I pray thee,...Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: IF THOU WILT TAKR THE LEFT"feAND, THJCN" I WILL GO TO THE RIGHT; OR, IF THOU DEPART TO THE RIGHT-HAND, THEN i WILL... | |
 | John Platts - 1825 - 1006 pages
...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...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." Gen. xii. xxv. LOT, the son of Haran, nephew of Abraham, and progenitor of the Moabites, and Ammonites.... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 626 pages
...Abraham thus endeavoured to compose : " Let there be no strife, " I pray thee, between me and thee. Is not the whole land " before thee ? Separate thyself,...to the right hand, then I will go to the " left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he pleased, that was... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and « tw>- me* thy herdmen ; for we be * brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where,... | |
 | John O'Driscol - 1827 - 488 pages
...land was abundant, and the heads of families could say to each other, as Abraham did to Lot : " Lo, is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." * But when land was no longer plenty, those families, now spread into clans or tribes, would speedily... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 pages
...extent of our possessions. How great is Abram's mind, how amiable his conduct upon this occasion 1 " And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left."* Abram was the elder man; he was to Lot in the room of a father. Him had God distinguished by special... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pages
...me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy hurdmen : for we * Psalm cxxvii. 1. t Luke xvii. 3, 4. be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left."* Prudence, indeed, must direct us in the exercise of this virtue, and when to step forward in particular... | |
 | F. C. Page - 1830 - 260 pages
...Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left *." By emigration may be understood more precisely the act of private persons forsaking the country... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1830 - 304 pages
...strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every vhere,... | |
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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, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand,... 
