...of the factious, ••*claiming to those of the other party, in the words of the Patriarch, — " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between tliy hrrdsmen and my herdsmen, for we be brethren." — No pacific overture could possibly obtain audience...

...and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the Canaanite, and the Perezite, dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I...between my herdmen and thy herdmen : for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee from me : if thou wilt take the...

...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...

...relinquishes his rights as father and chief, and directs the young man to make his choice of the land. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and...thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before thee 1 If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to...

...brother's name was Tubal : he was the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ. Gen. xiii. 8. 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 be brethren. 2 Kings v. 13. And his servants came near, aud spake...

...immensity of the wilderness which would lie before him, that he might exclaim in the language of Abram to Lot : ' 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 us ? Separate thyself I...

...together, and a contendon having arisen between their herdsmen for pasturage, we hear of Abram saying to Lot, " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, for we be brethren, is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me, if...

...its saddest tone. ' That's bad enough ; isn't it, friends ? But that isn't all. Listen to this here : And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thet, between me and tliee. — Ah ! that's the most dreadful thing about it : ME and thee. The words...

...their children, instead of correcting their quarrelsome temper 1 How much better was Abram's conduct. " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen. To act otherwise, not only teaches your children to set far too great a value on the passing circumstances...

...fury of the factious, exclaiming to those of the other party, in the words of the Patriarch, — " Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between thy herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we be brethren." — No pacific overture could possibly obtain audience....