...there be no strife, I pray thee, between " thec and me. Is not the whole land before thee? Sepa" rate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the...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 was...

...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,...

...and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be h brethren. • 9 /* not the whole land before i people Isr l left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered...

...ancient time. And thus the case is biblically reported: Or what meant Abram, when he thus exclaimed? " Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself,...to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, I will go to the left." Or wherefore does the record say, that " Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan...

...the land being too scanty for them both, " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me : separate thyself, I pray thee, from me ; if thou wilt...thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left."1 Thus did the elder prefer in honour the younger, giving him the priority ; and instead of infringing...

...furnish a lesson which christians in general, and ministers in particular, would do well to remember. "And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife,...left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depatt to the right hand, then I will go to the left." Is it not to be feared that the want of a well...

...said to Lot, " Let there be no strife between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we be brethren Is not the whole land before thee...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." A beautiful exemplification of the generous and disinterested spirit of the Father of the Faithful...

...contention 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,...depart 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 was...

...between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. 9. Is not the wliole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. True religion is a practical thing. We see it in the daily life, we hear it in the daily conversation....

...with almost unexampled tenderness and humility to address his younger and far less amiable kinsman, "Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself,...go to the right; or, if thou depart to the right, then I will go to the left." What forbearance, what generosity, what true nobility of mind was here...