 | 530 pagina’s
...C. A PEACEABLE TEMPER. Bless'd are the men of peaceful life Who quench the coals of growing strife. And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife I...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. Gen. xiii. 8.9. ABRAM and Lot had travelled together from Ur of the Chaldees into Canaan, where they... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 pagina’s
...Abraham thus endeavoured to compose : " let " there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me. Is " not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself,...to the right hand, then I " will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged, right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he pleased, that... | |
 | 1863 - 904 pagina’s
...unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, by acting upon the wise counsel of Abraham to his kinsmen : " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and...to the right, or if thou depart to the right hand, tben I will go to the left." The new course of intended operation is also pregnant with danger and... | |
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 456 pagina’s
...their herdmen fell out with each other, because the land was not able to bear them. On this occasion, " Abram said unto Lot, Let " there be no strife, I pray...depart to the right hand, " then I will go to the left '." This offer, on the part of Abraham, was generous, and worthy of himself. Although the elder, and... | |
 | Filippo Pananti - 1818 - 524 pagina’s
...very striking coincidence, between the customs of the Arabs, and their remote ancestors of the East. " Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." Genesis, Chap. XIII. — Ed. of the camel's saddle. It is thus, that an Arab family travels when in... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 pagina’s
...long rendered it difficult to put an end to " strife," by having recourse to Abraham's appeal : — " Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself,...right : or if thou depart to the right hand, then 1 will go to the left."* There has been, however, enough of enterprise performed in modern times to... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pagina’s
...strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen : for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I -will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where,... | |
 | James M'Chord - 1822 - 402 pagina’s
...to choose the place of his abode, and contented himself with occupying what the other might refuse. "And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife,...not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, 1 pray thee, from me: if (hou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pagina’s
...long rendered it difficult to put an end to " strife," by having recourse to Abraham's appeal : — " Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left."* There has been, however, enough of enterprise performed in modern times to furnish important details,... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1824 - 630 pagina’s
...allotted to y i> — ' him to tolerate a neighbour: his condition is precisely that of Abram, when he said unto Lot, " Let there be no strife, I pray thee,...thyself, I pray thee, from me: IF THOU WILT TAKE THE LEFTHAND, THEN I WILL GO TO THE RIGHT; OR, IF THOU DEPART TO THE RIGHT-HAND, THEN i WILL GO TO THE... | |
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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,... 
