 | 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
...cattle and 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,... | |
 | 1803 - 512 pages
...noble, was the propofal of Abraham to Lot, and how illuilrious the example it exhibits ! " And Abraham said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, " I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herd" men and thy herdmen, for we be brethren : — If thou wilt "take the left hand, then I will go... | |
 | William Mason - 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 - 1804 - 456 pages
...great. And 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 - 1805 - 446 pages
...and the 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 444 pages
...:f and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled 8 then in the land, and tool: u]i the best pasturage. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thec, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we [be] brethren, both by nature... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...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 - 1810 - 342 pages
...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,...and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for •we are brethren.' That is a sweet word in the Psalmist, ' Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for... | |
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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 ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 
