 | Wellbourn - 1849 - 160 pages
...the worthier person, relinquishing his own right to his inferior for peace' sake. For Abraham said, 'Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself,...right : or, if thou depart to the right hand, then will I go to the left.' The ' Canaanite and the Perizzite,' dwelling in the land, was a powerful reason... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1849 - 702 pages
...the Perizzites, who were afterward destroyed by the descendants of Abraham, we are informed, dwelt in the land. " And Abram said unto Lot, Let there...; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thce ? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me ; if thou wilt take the left hand, then 1 will go to... | |
 | 1850 - 396 pages
...excitement and irritation. How impartial his language ! " And Abraham said unto Lot, Let there be no strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." How different was the conduct of Lot ! Instead of acknowledging the generosity of his noble kinsman,... | |
 | 1850 - 830 pages
...I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my nerdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be { brethren.' 9 5 And so it was, that all that fell that ™y, both...his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where,... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 250 pages
...Spirit taught to Abram when he asked for it ; and now listen to the kind words which it brought forth. " And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." ' 'Tis religion that can give Sweetest pleasures while we live; 'Tis religion must supply Solid comfort... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pages
...subject that ever were penned. ' Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee,' said Abraham, 'and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.' To the right hand, in this case, was toward the Jordan, for as the chieftains were coming up from Egypt... | |
 | 1886 - 376 pages
...great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram' s cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the Canaanite...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 396 pages
...stood up and fought, as he thought, most manfully for his rights. The moment that Abram saw this, he said unto Lot, " Let there be no strife, I pray thee,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This single sentiment is the most beautiful commentary upon the text, " If any man will have thy cloak,... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 396 pages
...his rights. The moment that Abram saw this, he said unto Lot, " Let there be no strife, I pray thce, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This single sentiment is the most beautiful commentary upon the text, " If any man will have thy cloak,... | |
 | John Stow - 1854 - 850 pages
...Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my Herdsmen and thy Herdsmen ! — Gen. xiii. 8, 9. Thus yielding even to a Nephew the palm of superiority in relinquishing to him... | |
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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,... 
