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Isn`t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
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A Model of Godly Peacemaking
Commentators unanimously praise Abram's character. Despite being the elder and the one with God's promise, he humbly initiates peace. Scholars describe him as having a "peaceable disposition" and a "gracious and yielding spirit," prioritizing his relationship with his nephew and his witness to outsiders over his personal rights.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
Let there be no strife.—It is evident that Lot was beginning to side with his herdsmen and regard himself as an injured m…
16th Century
Protestant
Is not the whole land before thee? Here is that moderation of which I have spoken; namely, that Abram, for the sake of appeasing disputes,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Is] not the whole land before you ? &c.] Signifying, that though there were not room and convenience for them both …
Riches not only provide cause for conflict and are the things most commonly fought over; but they also stir up a spirit of contention by making peo…
