Genesis 13:8
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.
Genesis 13:8 in other translations
| BSB | So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers. |
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| WEB | Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives. |
| ASV | And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren. |
| YLT | And Abram saith unto Lot, ‘Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we are men--brethren. |
| DARBY | And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren. |
| BBE | Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers. |
| Webster | And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren. |
What does Genesis 13:8 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 13:5-9
Riches not only afford matter for strife, and are the things most commonly striven about; but they also stir up a spirit of contention, by making people proud and covetous. Mine and thine are the great make-bates of the world. Poverty and labour, wants and wanderings, could not separate Abram and Lot; but riches did so. Bad servants often make a great deal of mischief in families and among neighbours, by their pride…
Genesis 13:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 13:8
- 1 Corinthians 6:6-7
But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
- Acts 7:26
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
- Psalms 133:1
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Genesis 11:27-31
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. …
- Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- 2 Peter 1:7
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- Genesis 45:24
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
- Ephesians 4:2-3
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- 1 John 3:14-19
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? …
- Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
- 1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- 1 John 2:9-11
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pr 15:1; Mt 5:9; 1Co 6:6,7; Php 2:14; Heb 12:14; Jas 3:17,18
brethren. Heb. men, brethren.
11:27-31; 45:24; Ex 2:13; Ps 133:1; Ac 7:26; Ro 12:10; Eph 4:2,3
1Th 4:9; Heb 13:1; 1Pe 1:22; 2:17; 3:8; 4:8; 2Pe 1:7; 1Jo 2:9-11
1Jo 3:14-19; 4:7,20,21
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Genesis 13:7
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 13:8
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.
- Genesis 13:9
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.
Genesis 13:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Abram dijo á Lot: No haya ahora altercado entre mí y ti, entre mis pastores y los tuyos, porque somos hermanos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abram dit à Lot: Qu’il n’y ait point, je te prie, de contestation entre moi et toi, et entre mes bergers et tes bergers, car nous sommes frères. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprach Abram zu Lot: Laß doch kein Gezänk sein zwischen mir und dir und zwischen meinen Hirten und deinen Hirten; denn wir sind Brüder! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixit ergo Abram ad Lot: Ne quæso sit jurgium inter me et te, et inter pastores meos et pastores tuos: fratres enim sumus. |