 Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the...  Old Testament Stories - Page 54edited by - 1912 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Paley - 1788 - 584 pages
...between * Gen. xxi. 25. xxvi. 18. between Abram and Lot ; and was one of the fimpleft imaginable : " If thou wilt take the left hand, " then I will go...to " the right hand, then I will go to the left.*' There are no traces of property in land in Ceefar's account of Britain ; little of it in the hiftory... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 566 pages
...ftrife, I pray " thee, between thee and me. Is not the whole land before «' thee ? Separate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt " take the left...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he pleafed, that was... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1792 - 476 pages
...herdmen and '' thy herdmen ; for we are brethren. Is NOT "THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE THEE? Se" parate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me : if thou. " wilt take the left...of Jordan, " that it was well watered every where. Then " Lot «' Lot chofe him all the plain of Jordan ; and " Lot journeyed eaft : and they feparated... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1794 - 700 pages
...ftrife, I pray " thee, between thee and me. Is not the whole land before " thee ? Separate thyfelf, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt " take the left...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he pleafed, that was... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 600 pages
...praf " thee, between thee and me. I* " not the whole land before thee.' '' Separate thyfelf, I ; ray thee, " from me. IF thou wilt take " the left hand,...to " the right hand, then I will go " to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged right, in ei. ther, to occupy whatever ground he pleafed, that... | |
 | William Paley - 1801 - 508 pages
...read of, was that which took place between Abram and Lot ; and was one of the fimpleft imaginable : " If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to...thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the feft." There are no traces of property in land in Cafar's account of Britain ; little of it in the... | |
 | Giuseppe Acerbi - 1802 - 412 pages
...fame fpot, there is land enough for the one to accoft the other in the words of Abraham to Lot : — " If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to...to the right hand, then I will go to " the left." It was not without extreme difficulty that we were able to perfuade our Laplanders that we were neither... | |
 | 530 pages
...C. A PEACEABLE TEMPER. Bless'd are the men of peaceful life Who quench the coals of growing strife. And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife I...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. Gen. xiii. 8.9. ABRAM and Lot had travelled together from Ur of the Chaldees into Canaan, where they... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 pages
...Abraham thus endeavoured to compose : " let " there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me. Is " not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself,...to the right hand, then I " will go to the left." This plainly implies an acknowledged, right, in either, to occupy whatever ground he pleased, that... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...: for we b« brethren. 9 , Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself, I pray thee, fiom me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will...depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 1 0 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well. watered every... | |
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