Genesis 13:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 20:15 : 15 Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”
  • Gen 34:10 : 10 You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.
  • 1 Cor 6:7 : 7 The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
  • Jas 3:13-18 : 13 True Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
  • 1 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble. 9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing. 10 For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit. 11 And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram,“Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.

    15I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

  • Gen 13:10-12
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    10Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered(before the LORD obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.

    11Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.

    12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

  • Gen 13:5-8
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    5Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

    6But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

    7So there were quarrels between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen.(Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)

    8Abram said to Lot,“Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

  • Gen 24:49
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    49Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”

  • Gen 13:17
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    17Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

  • Gen 12:1
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    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

  • Deut 2:27
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    27“Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.

  • Gen 20:15
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    15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”

  • Ezek 21:16
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    16Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.

  • Gen 18:3
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    3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

  • Num 10:30-31
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    30But Hobab said to him,“I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”

    31Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

  • Gen 13:1
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    1Abram’s Solution to the Strife So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

  • Gen 19:17-18
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    17When they had brought them outside, they said,“Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”

    18But Lot said to them,“No, please, Lord!

  • Gen 14:23-24
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    23that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

    24I will take nothing except compensation for what the young men have eaten. As for the share of the men who went with me– Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre– let them take their share.”

  • Gen 24:7-8
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    7“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

    8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”

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    21Then the king of Sodom said to Abram,“Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

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    12Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

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    3and said to him,‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’

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    8But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?”

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    12They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

  • Deut 2:9
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    9Then the LORD said to me,“Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.

  • Gen 12:4
    70%

    4So Abram left, just as the LORD had told him to do, and Lot went with him.(Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)

  • Gen 26:3
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    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • Gen 18:25
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    25Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

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    41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

  • Gen 24:5
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    5The servant asked him,“What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”