 | Alexander Marjoribanks - New South Wales - 1847 - 267 pages
...strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. /* not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." Acting upon this very sensible and gentlemanly proposal, Lot looked about him in quest of a " station... | |
 | William Jowett - 1847
...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,...or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go the left." This was a generous offer on the part of Abraham, and argued in him a truly noble mind.... | |
 | Youth - 1848
...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,...to the right hand, then I will go to the left."— Gen. xiii. 8, 9. Lot chose the rich land of the river Jordan, near to wicked Sodom, and Abraham settled... | |
 | Bible - 1849 - 348 pages
...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,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peacea-< bly with all men. Let all bitterness and... | |
 | 1849
...aged saint acted towards him as if they stood on the ground of, at least, an equal independence. " Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This is the true spirit of a real and gracious virtue. It is not the product of the natural heart;... | |
 | Bible - 1942 - 512 pages
...be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren, 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate...left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.' 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the... | |
 | William Dampier - Science - 1961 - 576 pages
...the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together.. . .And Abram said unto Lot ... Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself,...thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.1 1 Genesis xiii. 5-9. River Folk and Nomads The Races of Europe Magic, Religion and Science With... | |
 | 1857
...has not been altogether free from blame — that he may not have kept out of the herdmeu's strife. "Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself,...or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go the left." Now what was the conduct becoming Lot in the circumstances ? How ought he to have acted,... | |
 | Francis A. Schaeffer - Religion - 2009 - 167 pages
...children of God should stand. And notice that there was a cost to doing so. Abraham said to 117 Lot, "Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." Abraham paid a tremendous price. He stood in complete contrast to Cain. He gave the first choice of... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1979 - 568 pages
...ftrife, " I pray thee, between thee and me. Is not the whole land be" fore thee ? Separate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me. If thou " wilt take the left...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowleged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he pleafed, that was... | |
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