Genesis 13:7 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.”

Genesis 13:7

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And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was 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 and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

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. {brethren: Heb. men 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; or if {thou depart} to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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Genesis 13:1

"And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south."

Genesis 13:2

"And Abram {was} very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold."

Genesis 13:3

"And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;"

Genesis 13:4

"Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD."

Genesis 13:5

"And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents."

Genesis 13:6

"And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together."

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