...sacrificial thing; he surrendered his personal rights. He dealt with Lot with spiritual directness. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee." What condescension. He named himself first as though he were the cause of all the trouble. He came...

...Abraham prevent the storm, or rebellion that was rising between Lot's servants and his? Saith Abraham to Lot, let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee, for the land is before us, if you will go to the left, then I will go to the right, and if you will...

...his herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen because there was not enough pasture for all their flocks and cattle. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee," said Abraham, "for we be brethren" (Genesis 13:8). He simply yielded and allowed Lot to have his own...

...Lot were both God-fearing men, and their herdmen were out there arguing while the world looked on. "And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife,...before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: ifthou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or ifthou depart to the right hand, then...

...the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abrara said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,...brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate tihyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if...

...spoke on Genesis 13:8, a pacifying text appropriate, in its call for brotherhood, for the occasion ("And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife,...my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren"). Following this sermon, the members of the council announced the results of their deliberations of five...

...Lot's cattle" (13:6-7). Wishing to avoid trouble more than he wishes to preserve his family intact — "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren" (13:8) — Abram takes preventative action before the...

...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...between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. KJV The result of this was strife between the herdsmen. As we can see, strife also led to bondage dwelling...

...to the Latin paternitas, because from a single root a numerous progeny proceeds. In Genesis we read, 'And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife,...thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.' And again, 'So Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east: and they...

...result, it fell to Abram, as painful as it undoubtedly must have been for him, to make the first move. And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife,...thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren. Abram confronted Lot about the ill feelings that pervaded the atmosphere, which he fervently...