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8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. Read full chapter.
Read the verse from the book of Genesis in different translations and languages. Abram and Lot part ways after a dispute over grazing land and water.
What does Genesis 13:8 mean? Previous verses revealed a conflict had between Abram's servants and Lot's servants. Both had extremely large herds of animals, and there simply was not room for them to occupy the same limited space when they had settled around Bethel.
Genesis 13:8–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV) 8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not argue with each other. The people who take care of your herds and those who take care of mine shouldn’t argue with one another.
Genesis 13:8–18 8 So Abram said to Lot, h “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, i or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. j 9 Is not the whole land before you?
Genesis 13:8–17. 8 So Abram said to Lot, j“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 kIs not the whole land before you?
Read the verse and compare different translations of Genesis 13:8, where Abram offers to part ways with Lot to avoid quarreling. Learn the meaning and context of this verse from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
