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Genesis 13:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.


Genesis 13:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 13:818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַבְרָ֜םʾabərām
AbramnounH87
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
ל֗וֹטlwōṭ
LotnounH3876
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
נָ֨אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
תְהִ֤יtəhiy
there beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מְרִיבָה֙məriybāh
strifenounH4808
strife
בֵּינִ֣/יbēyniy
between mepronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
וּ/בֵינֶ֔י/ךָwbēyneykā
and between youconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
וּ/בֵ֥יןwbēyn
and betweenconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
רֹעַ֖/יrōʿay
shipherdverbH7473
וּ/בֵ֣יןwbēyn
and betweenconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
רֹעֶ֑י/ךָrōʿeykā
shipherdverbH7473
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֲנָשִׁ֥יםʾănāšiym
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אַחִ֖יםʾaḥiym
brothersnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
אֲנָֽחְנוּʾănāḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Adam SmithNote1mo ago
Let There Be No Strife Between Us
Abraham and Lot's flocks have multiplied so much there isn't enough land. Instead of fighting over territory, Abraham offers Lot first choice. It's almost absurdly generous for the patriarch to defer ...
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