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Abramאַבְרָםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Lot,אֶל לוֹט“Pleaseנָאlet there be noאַל תְהִיstrifeמְרִיבָהbetween meבֵּינִיand you,וּבֵינֶיךָandוּbetweenבֵיןmy herdsmenרֹעַיandוּyour herdsmen,בֵין רֹעֶיךָforכִּיweאֲנָחְנוּare men,אֲנָשִׁיםbrothers.אַחִים
Genesis 13:8
Study it in the app“Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men, brothers.”
Abram lets Lot choose, to avoid a quarrel between their herdsmenConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 13:8, word by word
- Abramאַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Lotלוֹטlot
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appears- let there be noתְהִיtehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appears- strifeמְרִיבָהmeriva
quarrel
A dispute or quarrel between people.
Where else “meriva” appears- my herdsmenרֹעַroa
shepherd
Shepherd, one who tends the flock.
Where else “roa” appears- are menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- brothersאַחִיםachim
relative
A close relative of the same family, like a nephew.
Where else “achim” appears
Translation note
Lot was Abram’s nephew (Genesis 12:5). In Hebrew “brothers” is also said of close relatives.
The context
7So there was a quarrel between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living then in the land.
8 · This verse (above)
9Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
To study Genesis 13 in a group
1. What it says
How did Abram settle the conflict with Lot, and which place did each one choose (vv. 8-12)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Abram that he let Lot choose the land first (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
How can you yield in a disagreement today in order to protect a relationship?