9Is 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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Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: …
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-9)We have here an unhappy falling out between Abram and Lot, who had hitherto been inseparable companions (see Gen. 13:1; and Gen. 12:4), but now parted. I. The occasion of their quarrel was their riches. We read (Gen. 13:2) how rich Abram was; now here we are told (Gen. 13:5) that Lot, who went with Abram , was rich too; and therefore God blessed him with riches because he went with Abram. Note, 1.…
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