...unappropriated, for he gives Lot, when they are about to separate, his choice which course fee would steer. " Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." (Gen. xiii. 9.) But sometime after we find positive proof of the land being considered private property,...

...strife, I pray thcc, between me and thec, and between my herdmen and thy herdmcn; for we be 'brethren. 9 ommand thee this thing to day. 10 And the left. 10 ^ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered...

...thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we be brethren ! Separate thyself, I pray tbee, from me ; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." But without even an attempt at such voluntary separation, I can see no safe principle, which will entitle...

...Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee...to the right hand, then I will go to the left." And it was in consequence of this proposa], which so beautifully manifests "Abram's concern for the interests...

...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...

...herdmen and thy herdmen : for we be brethren." Then he makes the most open and generous proposal. " Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself,...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." Abraham might have laid a stress upon his authority, as the elder and the principal ; he might have...

...the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thcc, between me and thee, and 9 LXXIX. A Psalm 4 of Asaph. 1 О GOD, the heathen are...meat unto the fowls of the heaven, The flesh of thy s 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where,...

...Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, and between thy servants and my servants, for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee...to the right hand, then I will go to the left.' And here I may say a few words to them who may sometimes try to have their own way, because they are older...

...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,...right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then 1 will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground...

...it became needful that thev should separate: " And Abraham said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, 1 pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." How admirable is the affection of Moses towards the Israelites, and the disinterestedness with which...