Genesis 13:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

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  • Gen 26:20 : 20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
  • Gen 12:6 : 6 And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
  • Gen 15:18-21 : 18 In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, 20 And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 21 And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
  • Gen 21:25 : 25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
  • Gen 10:19 : 19 Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.
  • Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.
  • Exod 2:17 : 17 And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.
  • Neh 5:9 : 9 And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
  • Gal 5:20 : 20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
  • Phil 2:14-15 : 14 Do all things without protests and arguments; 15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
  • Jas 3:16 : 16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 13:8-9
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    8Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

    9Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

  • Gen 13:5-6
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    5And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

    6So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

  • Gen 13:11-12
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    76%

    11So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

    12Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

  • Gen 36:7
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    7For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

  • Gen 13:1-3
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    1And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

    2Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

    3And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

  • Gen 12:4-7
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    4So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

    5And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

    6And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

    7And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

  • Gen 13:14
    70%

    14And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

  • Gen 14:12-13
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    70%

    12And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.

    13And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.

  • Gen 26:20
    69%

    20But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

  • Gen 26:14
    69%

    14For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

  • Judg 3:5
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    5Now the children of Israel were living among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

  • Gen 11:27
    69%

    27These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

  • Gen 12:10
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    10And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

  • Acts 7:26
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    26And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

  • Deut 2:9
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    9And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    17Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

    18And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

  • Gen 34:23
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    23Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.

  • Gen 14:1
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    1Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

  • Gen 24:37
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    37And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

  • Gen 15:13
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    13And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

  • Gen 11:31
    67%

    31And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

  • 1 Chr 1:38
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    38And the sons of Seir: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
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    6And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

  • Gen 37:1
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    1Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.

  • Judg 6:3
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    3And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;